London: Little, Brown, 2009 Book. Very Good. Light Brown Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Isabel Dalhousie answers an appeal for help. 249pp. Burgundy lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine, small mark to top edge and former owner's label to endpaper, otherwise very good copy in very good plus unclipped DJ..

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The sensational sixth installment in the best-selling chronicles of the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie. Isabel's son, Charlie, is now of an age--eighteen months--to have a social life, and so off they go to a birthday party, where, much to Isabel's surprise, she encounters an old adversary, Minty Auchterlonie, now a high-flying financier. Minty had seemed to Isabel a woman of ruthless ambition, but the question of her integrity had never been answered. Now, when Minty takes Isabel into her confidence about a personal matter, Isabel finds herself going another round: Is Minty to be trusted? Or is she the perpetrator of an enormous financial fraud? And what should Isabel make of the rumors of shady financial transactions at Minty's investment bank?Not that this is the only dilemma facing Isabel: she also crosses swords again with her nemesis, Professor Dove, in an argument over plagiarism. Of course her niece, Cat, has a new, problematic man (a tightrope walker!) in her life. And there remains the open question of marriage to Jamie--doting father of Charlie.As always, there is no end to the delight in accompanying Isabel as she makes her way toward the heart of every problem: philosophizing, sleuthing, and downright snooping in her inimitable--and inimitably charming--fashion.From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller: Washburn Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 014147
Title: The Lost Art of Gratitude
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 1408700638
ISBN 13: 9781408700631
Publisher: Little, Brown
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2009
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾

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