Date Published: 9th July 2020

Throw off the (considerable) cares of the world for an hour or two in the company of a good friend – Isabel Dalhousie. The latest book from Alexander McCall Smith, with the wonderfully apt title in this time of physical distancing – The Geometry of Holding Hands, is now published and available in all of the newly re-opened bookshops across the country. If ever you needed a reason to revisit bookshops, let this book be it. Guaranteed to lift the mood of the nation.

Invites readers into a world of kindness, gentility and creature comforts – New York Times Book Review

Read and extract now.

THIS IS THE THIRTEENTH INSTALMENT OF THE MUCH-LOVED ISABEL DALHOUSIE SERIES

The Isabel Dalhousie series from Alexander McCall Smith in order

1. The Sunday Philosophy Club
2. Friends Lovers Chocolate
3. The Right Attitude to Rain
4. The Careful Use of Compliments
5. The Comfort of Saturdays
6. The Lost Art of Gratitude
7. The Charming Quirks of Others
8. The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
9. The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds
10. The Novel Habits of Happiness
11. A Distant View of Everything
12. The Quiet Side of Passion
13. The Geometry of Hold Hands