by Alexander Mc Call Smith (Author)
Isabel Dalhousie, philosopher and amateur solver of other people's problems, meets an old foe, Minty Auchterlonie, at a birthday party attended by their young children. Ambitious Minty, now the head of a small investment bank, is in trouble with her shareholders. Isabel becomes involved, and is drawn into a murky world of financial concealment. Minty is not the only high-flier in Isabel's life; her niece Cat has just become engaged to a tightrope-walking stuntman. Isabel fears his next job - and the engagement - could end in disaster. Meanwhile, her own boyfriend Jamie has marriage in mind too ...
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 03 Sep 2009
ISBN 10: 1408700638
ISBN 13: 9781408700631