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On a trip to the snake park with his Uncle Peter, Akimbo has an adventure involving a deadly green mamba snake.

Von Igelfeld is quite pleased with his role as a visiting scholar at Cambridge, even if his English colleagues can be difficult to comprehend.

After a patient dies accidentally, an impeccably credentialed doctor is accused of fraudulent involvement with a new drug.

When her niece Cat travels to a wedding in Italy, Isabel agrees to fill in at Cat's delicatessen.

McCall Smith delivers a collection of stories about dating, with emotions running from the thrill of finding happiness to the humiliation and loneliness of rejection.

When the ever ethical Isabel Dalhousie bumps into Minty Auchterlonie for the first time in years, she is skeptical (again) of Minty's integrity.

Precocious six-year-old Bertie joins the scouts to escape his mother, Matthew learns to handle the challenges of marriage, and Domenica deals with loneliness.

Isabel Dalhousie helps a new friend discover the identity of her father. Jane, a visiting Australian philosopher on sabbatical in Edinburgh, has more questions than answers.

Unabashed nomad Hank Cooper is surprised to learn he's inherited a tract of beachfront property in Thunder Point.

Deputy Sheriff Mac McCain and Gina James are longtime friends whose relationship heats up into a sizzling love affair.

Devon McAllister flees danger with her daughter and ends up in Thunder Point, Oregon, where she meets widowed father Spencer Lawson, a man who can teach her about safety and stability.

Sick of running into her cheery ex-husband and his new wife, Leslie Petruso accepts a job at the Virgin River branch of Haggerty Construction and takes the high road out of town.

This year, Becca Timm know the number one item on her Christmas wish list--getting over Denny Cutler. Three years ago, Denny broke her heart before heading off to war.

Investigating the theft of a valuable painting that was supposed to be donated to the Scottish National Gallery, Isabel harbors a growing suspicion that the thieves may be close to the painting's w

Life at Corduroy Mansions, nestled in London's hip Pimlico neighborhood, is as lively as ever.