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  • The Right Attitude to Rain

  • An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
  • Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
  • Narrated by: Davina Porter
  • Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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The Right Attitude to Rain

Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
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Publisher's Summary

New York Times best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith has become a household name through his No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Now he continues his equally charming Isabel Dalhousie series with the third mystery starring the highly ethical, plucky protagonist.

Isabel's life is thrown for a few loops when her cousin Mimi arrives from Dallas with her husband Joe. Through Mimi and Joe, Isabel meets Texas hotshot Tom Bruce, who is about to marry someone Isabel suspects of gold-digging. Further complicating matters, Tom seems to have an unusual level of interest in Isabel. Meanwhile, Isabel has her own feelings to deal with, not to mention those of her beloved niece Cat, whose romantic interest may not be up to snuff.

It would all be quite a lot for one person to contend with if that person wasn't Isabel, who is always ready to apply her well-defended sense of ethics to any situation.
©2006 Alexander McCall Smith (P)2006 Recorded Books LLC
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What the critics say

"Charmingly told...Its graceful prose shines, and Isabel's interior monologues - meditations on a variety of moral questions - are bemused, intelligent, and entertaining." (The Seattle Times)
"McCall Smith's assessments of fellow humans are piercing and profound. [His] depictions of Edinburgh are vivid and seamless...His fans are sure to embrace these moral peregrinations among the plaid." (San Francisco Chronicle)

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It’s been quite a a long time since I’ve cried happy tears over such characters

What a little beauty of a story, Isabel and Jamie and Cat and all have done my heart good.

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Wonderful

Such a gift of enjoyment… feels like a welcome home… the characters have become friends

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