Love Over Scotland

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“A characteristically sly and eccentric portrait of Edinburgh society.” — Entertainment Weekly

“[McCall Smith’s] sense of gentle but pointed humor is once again afoot.”

— The Seattle Times

“Soulful [and] sweet. . . . Will make you feel as though you live in Edinburgh, if only for a short while, and it’s a fine place to visit indeed. . . . Long live the folks on Scotland Street.”

— The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)

“It is McCall Smith’s particular genius to be able to look on the brighter side of life, and he’s seldom done so more enjoyably.”

— The Scotsman

“A lively new series.”

— The Washington Post

“Alexander McCall Smith is the most genial of writers and the most gentle of satirists. . . . [The] characters are great fun . . .

[and] McCall Smith treats all of them with affection.”

— Rocky Mountain News

b o o k s b y a l e x a n d e r m cc a l l s m i t h i n t h e n o . 1 l a d i e s ’ d e t e c t i v e a g e n cy s e r i e s The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Tears of the Giraffe

Morality for Beautiful Girls

The Kalahari Typing School for Men The Full Cupboard of Life

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies Blue Shoes and Happiness

The Good Husband of Zebra Drive

i n t h e i s a b e l d a l h o u s i e s e r i e s The Sunday Philosophy Club

Friends, Lovers, Chocolate

The Right Attitude to Rain

The Careful Use of Compliments

i n t h e p o rt u g u e s e i r r e g u l a r v e r b s s e r i e s Portuguese Irregular Verbs

The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs

At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances i n t h e 44 s c o t l a n d s t r e e t s e r i e s 44 Scotland Street

Espresso Tales

Love Over Scotland

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L O V E O V E R S C O T L A N D

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, and the 44 Scotland Street series. He is Professor Emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served on many national and international bodies concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe, and he was a law professor at the University of Botswana.

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