by Alexander McCall Smith · Abacus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349120546
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«The Lost Art of Gratitude» is the mystery novel by Alexander McCall Smith, published by Abacus in paperback (256 pages, in English).
Isabel Dalhousie, philosopher and vocational detective, reunites with her former rival Minty Auchterlonie, a financier with problems among her shareholders. The request for help drags her into a world of financial concealment, while her niece Cat announces her engagement to an acrobat and her partner Jamie thinks about marriage.
Sixth novel in the Isabel Dalhousie series, a mystery saga set in Edinburgh and starring Isabel Dalhousie herself.
For readers of mystery and contemporary fiction set in Scotland, especially followers of the Isabel Dalhousie series.
Sir Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith is a Scottish legal scholar and author of fiction. He was born and brought up in Southern Rhodesia and was formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law and bioethics and served on related British and international committees. He has since become known as a fiction writer, with sales in English exceeding 40 million by 2010 and translations into 46 languages. He is known as the creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. The "McCall" derives from his great-great-grandmother Bethea McCall, who married James Smith at Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, in 1833.
