The quiet side of passion / Alexander McCall Smith.
At the nursery school Isabel meets Patricia, a musician living in Edinburgh and the mother of a small classmate. Patricia takes to Isabel and tries to bring Isabel into her social circle. Isabel is vaguely disquieted by this - there is something about Patricia that she does not quite like. Isabel intervenes into Patricia's life and comes close to overstepping her own boundaries, as she uncovers a scheme of fake antiquities and illicit trafficking in cultural objects.
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- ISBN: 9780345808707
- ISBN: 0345808703
- Physical Description: 287 pages : map ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018.
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General Note: | Map on endpapers. |
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Subject: | Dalhousie, Isabel (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Women philosophers > Fiction. Edinburgh (Scotland) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Mystery fiction. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Stonewall Library | FIC SMITH (Text) | 3678711502 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Teulon Library | FIC SMITH ID12 (Text) | 3678711503 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
At the nursery school Isabel meets Patricia, a musician living in Edinburgh and the mother of a small classmate. Patricia takes to Isabel and tries to bring Isabel into her social circle. Isabel is vaguely disquieted by this - there is something about Patricia that she does not quite like. Isabel intervenes into Patricia's life and comes close to overstepping her own boundaries, as she uncovers a scheme of fake antiquities and illicit trafficking in cultural objects.