The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday is another installment of the Isabel Dalhousie series, one of at least three series written by Alexander McCall Smith. I don’t find this particular one to be anywhere as captivating as the Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency, reviewed here, but it still makes for satisfying and layered books, books that can be read in one (long) evening, which I like to do.
This book centers on a medical mystery, which surprised me until I re-read McCall Smith’s biography and was reminded that he teaches on medical law. (When does he find the time to write?) As all McCall Smith books, however, very little time is spent discussing the mystery and much more describing Isabel’s son, Charlie; her young lover (and her jealousy about him); her housekeeper, who just loves little Charlie as her own; her niece, Cat, who continues her poor choices of boyfriends; and, as always, the city of Edinburgh.
Another reliably enjoyable McCall Smith book.
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October 30, 2009 at 7:24 am
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