''The Charming Quirks of Others'' is the seventh book in '' The Sunday Philosophy Club Series'' by

Alexander McCall Smith Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE (born 24 August 1948), is a British writer. He was raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law an ...

Plot

Isabel Dalhousie is approached by the wife of a trustee of a prestigious Scottish school concerning a

poison pen letter A poison pen letter is a letter or note containing unpleasant, abusive, or malicious statements or accusations about the recipient or a third party. It is usually sent anonymously. In the term "poison pen" (or poisoned pen), the word poison is u ...

that her husband, a trustee of said school, has received, concerning one of the candidates for the post of headmaster. Isabel's nieces, Cat, has a new boyfriend who is, coincidentally, one of the candidates for the aforementioned position. Isabel works in her usual manner to get to the bottom of the mystery.

References

2007 British novels Novels by Alexander McCall Smith Novels set in Edinburgh 2007 in Scotland Little, Brown and Company books {{2000s-novel-stub