Books like Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith
The second novel in the popular detective series starring Isabel Dalhousie, the editor of the Journal of Applied Ethics. When her niece asks her to run her delicatessen while she attends a wedding in Italy, Isabel meets a man with a heart transplant plagued by memories of events that never happened to him. The situation appeals to Isabel as a philosophical question and piques her curiosity. Add to the mix the lothario Cat brings home from the wedding, who, in accordance with all that Isabel knows about lotharios, shouldn't be trusted. But goodness, he is charming. That makes two mysteries of the heart to be solved – just the thing for Isabel Dalhousie. From the Hardcover edition.
First publish date: September 2005
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Alexander McCall Smith
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