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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.

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.

Mma Ramotswe is asked to help the proprietor of the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon, who is having trouble with her business.

Sixteen-year-old Frederick has a lot of rules for himself. Like if someone calls him Freddy he doesn’t have to respond; he only wears shirts with buttons and he hates getting dirty.

Alex is seventeen years old and she feels her life has come to an end.

Ryan finds his freedom in the water, where he is not bound by gravity and his wheelchair.

Seventeen-year-old Maddie has always felt a hole in her life, but she has finally found a way to fill it with her quest to mold her body into her ideal, thinnest shape.

Her name is Sadie, but she might as well be called Fostergirl. Grouphomegirl. That’s how everyone thinks of her. Sadie doesn’t care. In fact, she’d be happier if they didn’t think of her at all.

Before she began writing books for teens, Liane Shaw was an elementary teacher.