Isabel Dalhousie Series

15 primary works • 20 total works
Meet Edinburgh's top amateur sleuth, Isabel Dalhousie. Her hobbies include: classical music, young men and suspicious death.

Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher in her early forties and lives alone in a large aging house in the south of Edinburgh. Thanks to a large inheritance left to her by her late mother, she is able to work for a nominal fee as th…

Book 1

The Sunday Philosophy Club
3.36
· 25861 Ratings · 2964 Reviews · published 2004 · 86 editions
With The Sunday Philosophy Club, Alexander McCall …
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Book 2

Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
3.64
· 14649 Ratings · 1227 Reviews · published 2005 · 87 editions
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Book 3

The Right Attitude to Rain
3.78
· 11269 Ratings · 868 Reviews · published 2006 · 70 editions
The delectable new installment in the bestselling …
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Book 4

The Careful Use of Compliments
3.83
· 9801 Ratings · 763 Reviews · published 2007 · 2 editions
Isabel Dalhousie is back, in the latest installmen…
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Book 5

The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
3.81
· 7957 Ratings · 703 Reviews · published 2008 · 53 editions
In this fabulous fifth installment in the bestsell…
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Book 6

The Lost Art of Gratitude
3.87
· 7392 Ratings · 654 Reviews · published 2009 · 55 editions


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Book 7

The Charming Quirks of Others
3.80
· 6549 Ratings · 704 Reviews · published 2010 · 57 editions
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Book 8

The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
3.91
· 5605 Ratings · 595 Reviews · published 2011 · 48 editions
Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the b…
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Book 8.5

The Perils of Morning Coffee
3.80
· 3080 Ratings · 196 Reviews · published 2011 · 11 editions
In this Isabel Dalhousie original short story, ava…
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Book 9

The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds
3.78
· 5253 Ratings · 622 Reviews · published 2012 · 1 edition
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Book 10

The Novel Habits of Happiness
3.90
· 4902 Ratings · 620 Reviews · published 2015 · 36 editions
The insatiably curious Edinburgh philosopher and a…
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Book 10.5

At the Reunion Buffet
3.87
· 2147 Ratings · 153 Reviews · published 2015 · 9 editions
Isabel Dalhousie - philosopher, mother and friend …
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Book 10.7

Sweet, Thoughtful Valentine
4.03
· 1673 Ratings · 137 Reviews · published 2016 · 9 editions
Philosopher and amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie ha…
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Book 11

A Distant View of Everything
3.85
· 4273 Ratings · 529 Reviews · published 2017 · 27 editions
In this latest installment of Alexander McCall Smi…
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Book 12

The Quiet Side of Passion
4.00
· 3808 Ratings · 432 Reviews · published 2018 · 25 editions
The new novel from the bestselling Alexander McCal…
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Book 13

The Geometry of Holding Hands
4.12
· 3607 Ratings · 468 Reviews · published 2020 · 21 editions
Isabel finds herself entangled in some tricky fami…
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Book 14

The Sweet Remnants of Summer
4.03
· 2953 Ratings · 339 Reviews · published 2022 · 18 editions
In a new novel from a beloved and bestselling a…
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Book 15

The Conditions of Unconditional Love
In this latest installment of the beloved Isabel D…
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Book 1-3

The Isabel Dalhousie #1-3: The Sunday Philosophy Club / Friends, Lovers, Chocolate / The Right Attitude to Rain
The second flagship and bestselling series from th…
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Book 8.5 & 10.5

The Perils of Morning Coffee / At the Reunion Buffet
3.88
· 33 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2015 · 7 editions
In these two warm, engaging, and intelligently obs…
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