The Novel Habits of Happiness

✍ Scribed by Smith, Alexander McCall

• Book ID: 108629144
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 464 KB
• Series: Isabel Dalhousie 10
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780307907356

✦ Synopsis

The insatiably curious Edinburgh philosopher and amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie returns, taking on a case unlike any she's had before--this one with paranormal implications--in the eagerly anticipated new installment of Alexander McCall Smith's beloved and best-selling series.

Through a mutual acquaintance, Isabel is introduced to a six-year-old boy who has been experiencing vivid recollections of a past life, which include a perfect description of an island off the coast of Scotland and a house on the island where he claims to have lived. When the boy's mother asks Isabel to investigate, Isabel naturally feels inclined to help, and so she, her husband, Jamie, and their son, Charlie, set off for the island. To their great surprise, they actually locate the house that the boy described, which leads to more complicated questions, as Isabel's desire to find rational explanations comes up against the uncanny mystery unfolding before her. It's an extraordinarily delicate...