In "The Right Attitude to Rain," Isabel Dalhousie, a philosophical journal editor, navigates love and moral dilemmas in Scotland. After being hurt by her unfaithful husband, she seeks to improve the lives of those around her, including her housekeeper and niece, while grappling with her feelings for Jamie, her niece's ex.
Isabel Dalhousie thinks often of friends, sometimes of lovers, and on occasion of chocolate. As an Edinburgh philosopher she is certain of where she stands. She can review a book called In praise of sin with panache and conviction, but real life is, well, perhaps a bit more challenging - particularly when it comes to her feelings for Jamie, a younger man who should have married her niece, Cat. Jamie's handsomeness leaves Isabel feeling distinctly uneasy, and ethically disturbed. "I am a philosopher," she thinks, "but I am also a woman." And more disturbance is in store. When Cat takes a break in Italy, Isabel agrees to run her delicatessen. One of the customers, she discovers, has recently had a heart transplant and is now being plagued by memories that cannot be rationally explained and which he feels do not belong to him. Isabel is intrigued. So intrigued that she finds herself rushing headlong into a dangerous investigation. But she still has time to think about the things that possess her - things like love and friendship, and, of course, temptation.
* A charming and sophisticated new series from the Author of the Year from the British Book Awards, BA and Waterstone's Conferences, introducing a brilliant new female 'detective', Isabel Dalhousie.
V predvečer uvedenia Hamleta v divadle Globe dá Rosalind Howardová, odborníčka na Shakespeara, mladej režisérke Kate Stanleyovej tajomnú škatuľku a tvrdí, že sa jej podarilo urobiť ďalekosiahly objav. Skôr však, ako ho môže odhaliť Kate, divadlo Globe zhorí a v ňom sa nájde mŕtve Rosalindino telo. Je zavraždená neobyčajným spôsobom: rovnako, ako bol zabitý Hamletov otec. Keď Kate otvorí škatuľku, nájde prvý kúsok do shakespearovskej hádanky, ktorý ju vyšle na smrteľnú honbu za pokladom vysokej ceny.
The startling novel by one of the most original writers of the twentieth century.