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內容簡介: |
As well as its advantages, there are drawbacks to the
enlightened village that is twenty-first-century Edinburgh, where
every Saturday night ears burn at dinner parties across the city,
and anyone requiring the investigative abilities of a philosophical
soul knows where to find her. Jillian McKinlay -- wife of a trustee
of an illustrious school -- is the latest petitioner; she asks
Isabel to look into a poison-pen letter that makes insinuations
about applicants for the position of principal. Isabel''s niece Cat
has another new boyfriend who seems too good to be true. And when a
pretty cellist with a tragic story takes a fancy to her
husband-to-be, Isabel finds herself contemplating an act of heroic
and alarming self-sacrifice.
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關於作者: |
Following a distinguished career as a Professor of Medical Law,
Alexander McCall Smith has turned to writing full-time. He is the
author of over sixty books on a wide array of subjects, and his
books have been translated into forty-five languages. He lives in
Edinburgh with his wife.
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