Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over eighty books on a wide array of subjects, including the award-winning The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. He is also the author of the Isabel Dalhousie novels and the world's longest-running serial novel, 44 Scotland Street. His books have been translated into forty-six languages. Alexander McCall Smith is Professor Emeritus of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and holds honorary doctorates from thirteen universities.
McCall Smith's continuing warm-heartedness makes Ulf such
unfailingly good company * Reader's Digest *
Unfailingly good company * Readers Digest *
While the crimes may be inconsequential, the conversations are
fascinating . . . McCall's humour is usually described as gentle,
but readers familiar with the rhythm of his writing will find
plenty here to make them snort * Independent i *
Wonderfully soothing and relaxing . . . while McCall Smith's world
may be a highly selective reshaping of the real one, he has the
creative power to make it seem, in its quiet way, truer than truth
. . . it left me with a warm glow that lasted through several news
bulletins * Telegraph *
Heaven is in the detail with this sort of escapist writing. It's
like AA Milne meets Karl Ove Knausgaard. McCall Smith knows how
to create a world full of sweet things and emotionally true moments
and in this new series of "Scandi blanc" delivers exactly what his
fans will be hoping for -- Melissa Katsoulis * Financial Times
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Wonderfully soothing and relaxing; the books do not make you sit on
the edge of your seat but sink deeper into your chair * Telegraph,
'Best thrillers and crime fiction of 2019 so far' *
Alexander McCall Smith reached dizzying new heights of
whimsy with his 'Scandi-blanc' experiment, The Department of
Sensitive Crimes * The Scotsman (Scottish Books of 2019) *
McCall Smith has a supreme talent for sketching truly
likeable characters who are free to pontificate on all sorts of
areas of interest . . . McCall Smith's humour is usually described
as gentle, but readers familiar with the rhythm of his writing will
find plenty here to make them snort * Scotsman *
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