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Isabel Dalhousie is a new mother and a connoisseur of philosophy; she'd rather not be a sleuth. But when a chance conversation at a dinner party draws Isabel into the case of a doctor whose career has been ruined, she cannot ignore what may be a miscarriage of justice. Because for Isabel ethics are not theoretical at all, but an everyday matter of life and death. As she attempts to unravel the truth behind Dr Thompson's disgrace, Isabel's patient intelligence is also required to deal with challenges in her own life. There is her baby son Charlie; Cat's deli to look after, not to mention her vulnerable assistant Eddie; and a mysterious and unlikeable composer who has latched on to Jamie, making Isabel fear for the future of her new family. Isabel treads a difficult path between trust and gullibility, philanthropy and interference, while keeping in her sights the small but certain comforts of family, philosophy and a fine Saturday morning.
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Mystery, Fraud, Fiction, Women philosophers, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2008-10-12, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Dalhousie, isabel (fictitious character), fiction, Edinburgh (scotland), fiction, Judicial error, Malpractice, Physicians, Isabel Dalhousie (Fictitious character), Judicial Error - Fiction, Detective and Mystery Fiction, Erreur judiciaire, Romans, nouvelles, Médecins, Responsabilité professionnelleShowing 6 featured editions. View all 15 editions?
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The comforts of a muddy Saturday
2009, Anchor Books
in English
- 1st Anchor Books ed.
0307387070 9780307387073
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The comforts of a muddy Saturday: an Isabel Dalhousie novel
2008, Pantheon Books
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0375425136 9780375425134
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The comfort of Saturdays
2008, Windsor, Paragon
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The comforts of a muddy Saturday
2008, Random House Large Print, Distributed by Random House, Inc.
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0739328123 9780739328125
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In the fabulous new installment in the best-selling adventures of Isabel Dalhousie, Isabel is asked to help a doctor who has been disgraced by allegations of scientific fraud concerning a newly marketed drug. Our ever-curious moral philosopher finds her interest piqued. Would a doctor with a stellar reputation make such a simple but grave mistake? If not, what explains the tragic accident that resulted in the death of a patient? Clearly, an investigation is in order, especially since a man's reputation is in jeopardy. Could he be the victim of someone else's mistake? Or perhaps he has been willfully deceived by a pharmaceutical company with a great deal to gain.Not every problem prompts an investigation (take, for example, her ongoing struggle with her housekeeper, Grace, over the care of Isabel's infant son, Charlie), but, as we've seen, whatever the case, whatever the solution, Isabel's combination of spirit, smarts, empathy, and unabashed nosiness guarantees a delightful adventure.From the Hardcover edition.
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