Books written by Alexander McCall Smith

  • Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
    Friends, Lovers, Chocolate

    In this delightful second installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s bestselling detective series, the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie gets caught up in a highly unusual affair of the heart.

  • The Doughnut Ring
    The Doughnut Ring

    Imagine having a never-ending supply of doughnuts.

  • The Muscle Machine
    The Muscle Machine

    Gordon is frustrated that Ted, the school bully, gets away with pushing people around, including Gordon! So, when he spots an advertisement for Mr World's muscle machine, he's decides to send off for one.

  • Paddy and the Ratcatcher
    Paddy and the Ratcatcher

    When the town is plagued by rats, the ratcatcher is called in, but he makes the adults vanish as well as the rats. After a short spell of independence, the...

  • Amici, amanti, cioccolato
    Amici, amanti, cioccolato

    Amici, amanti, cioccolato

  • Un po' di cioccolato, Bertie?
    Un po' di cioccolato, Bertie?

    «Un perfetto esempio di narrativa d'evasione.» The Times «È quella piacevolezza prevalente, l'ottimismo incrollabile e il ritmo di vita tranquillo che costituiscono la chiave del successo di Alexander McCall Smith.» Independent ...

  • Amigos, amantes, chocolate

    Editora da Revista de Ética Aplicada, Isabel Dalhousie vive às voltas com manuscritos, concertos e discussões filosóficas. A Oportunidade de cuidar da delicatéssen da sobrinha por uns dias lhe parece...

  • Amis, Amants, Chocolat
    Amis, Amants, Chocolat

    En l’absence de Cat, invitée à un mariage en Italie, Isabel Dalhousie, rédactrice en chef de la Revue d’éthique appliquée, s’occupe de l’épicerie de sa nièce à Édimbourg.

  • Le lacrime della giraffa: Un caso per Precious Ramotswe, la detective n° 1 del Botswana
    Le lacrime della giraffa: Un caso per Precious Ramotswe, la detective n° 1 del Botswana

    ... Amici, amanti, cioccolato, Il piacere sottile della pioggia e L'uso sapiente delle buone maniere; oltre a 44 Scotland Street, primo romanzo dell'omonima serie a cui segue Semiotica, pub e altri piaceri. Sempre per Guanda è uscita la ...

  • La ragazza che sposò il leone
    La ragazza che sposò il leone

    ... Amici, amanti, cioccolato, Il piacere sottile della pioggia, L'uso sapiente delle buone maniere, Pratiche applicazioni di un dilemma filosofico, 44 Scotland Street e Semiotica, pub e altri piaceri. MICROCOSMI ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH LA ...

  • Sunshine on Scotland Street
    Sunshine on Scotland Street

    Scotland Street witnesses the wedding of the century of Angus Lordie to Domenica Macdonald, but as the newlyweds depart on honeymoon Edinburgh is in disarray.

  • The Quiet Side of Passion
    The Quiet Side of Passion

    Isabel, however, has much more on her mind as editor of the REVIEW OF APPLIED ETHICS. Along with the work involved for its impending next issue, she needs to get her house in order and tend to the demands of her niece, Cat.

  • The Perfect Passion Company
    The Perfect Passion Company

    ... The Quiet Side of Passion The Geometry of Holding Hands The Sweet Remnants of Summer In the Paul Stuart Series My Italian Bulldozer The Second-Worst Restaurant in France In the Detective Varg Series The Department of Sensitive Crimes ...

  • The Importance of Being Seven: 44 Scotland Street Series (6)
    The Importance of Being Seven: 44 Scotland Street Series (6)

    Funny, warm, and heartfelt as ever, The Importance of Being Seven offers fresh and wise insights into philosophy and fraternity among Edinburgh's most lovable residents.

  • The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean

    Lord of the Nutcracker Men

  • Espresso Tales

    Bruce, the intolerably vain and perpetually deluded ex-surveyor, is about to embark on a new career as a wine merchant, while his long-suffering flatmate Pat MacGregor finds herself invited to a nudist picnic in the pursuit of true love.

  • The Banana Machine
    The Banana Machine

    When Aunt Bat announces that she has to sell up her banana plantation, her niece Patty comes up with an invention to make their bananas so unusual that everyone will want to buy them. Suggested level: primary.

  • The Department of Sensitive Crimes: A Detective Varg novel
    The Department of Sensitive Crimes: A Detective Varg novel

    The first book in Alexander McCall Smith's new Detective Varg series .

  • Varg In Love: A Valentine's Day Mystery from the author of The Detective Varg series
    Varg In Love: A Valentine's Day Mystery from the author of The Detective Varg series

    Alexander McCall Smith's Scandanavian sleuth Ulf Varg makes his eBook debut in a Valentine's Day puzzle for the super-cool detective with the cult following on Twitter.

  • Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
    Friends, Lovers, Chocolate

    Isabel Dalhousie thinks often of friends, sometimes of lovers, and on occasion of chocolate.