The Right Attitude to Rain - Alexander McCall Smith

ISABEL DALHOUSIE - Book 3

Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the bestselling Isabel Dalhousie series of novels featuring the insatiably curious philosopher and woman detective.
Whether investigating a case or a problem of philosophy, the indefatigable Isabel Dalhousie, one of fiction's most richly developed amateur detectives, is always ready to pursue the answers to all of life's questions, large and small.

The delectable third installment in the bestselling and already beloved adventures
of Isabel Dalhousie and her no-nonsense housekeeper, Grace.

When friends from Dallas
arrive in Edinburgh and introduce Isabel to Tom Bruce - a bigwig at home in Texas
- several confounding situations unfurl at once. Tom's young fiance's roving eye
leads Isabel to believe that money may be the root of her love for Tom. But what,
Isabel wonders, is the root of the interest Tom begins to show for Isabel herself?
And she can't forget about her niece, Cat, who's busy falling for a man whom Isabel
suspects of being an incorrigible mama's boy. Of course Grace and Isabel's friend
Jamie counsel Isabel to stay out of all of it, but there are irresistible philosophical
issues at stake - when to tell the truth and when to keep one's mouth shut, to be
precise - and philosophical issues are meat and drink to Isabel Dalhousie, editor
of the Review of Applied Ethics. In any case, she's certain of the ethical basis
for a little sleuthing now and again - especially when the problems involve matters
of the heart.