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The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday

An Isabel Dalhousie Novel

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The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday

By: Alexander McCall Smith
Narrated by: Davina Porter
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The fifth novel in New York Times best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith's beloved Isabel Dalhousie series has the ethical problem solver from Edinburgh finding comforts in unlikely places.©2008 Alexander McCall Smith (P)2008 Recorded Books, LLC Detective Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction

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Isabel overthink everything in such a delightful manner. She means well and the outcomes of all her interferences and in unexpected ways. I simply can’t get enough. 

Once again

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I discovered that I had missed reading this book which is the fifth book in the Isabel Dalhousie’s Philosophy Club Series. I love the meandering of Isabel Dalhousie’s mind. This book has the familiar activities of Isabel. She is helping Cat in the Deli for a week, while Cat is away on holiday. She is sticking her noise in people’s business, per usual. The one item that is different is Isabel is jealous.

The book, of course, is well written. It was published in 2008. Because I did not read it until 2018, one of her philosophical ponderings had more meaning to me now than if I had read the book in 2008. The topic is lying and the value of truth. Considering the current problems with lying today, I found this subject most interesting.

The book is seven hours and 41 minutes. Davina Porter does an excellent job narrating the book. Porter is one of my favorite narrators. She has a beautiful voice. She also has a delightful mild Scottish accent for this book. Porter has been narrating since the early 1980s and has won many awards for her narration. She won the Voice Arts Award for Best Voice-Over in Fiction as well as many Earphone awards.

Charming

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This writer is always enjoyable. The narrator, though, is not suitable to this role, and actually quite jarring to listen to overall. I wish Audible would test their narrators and conduct polls to determine how well they are received!

great story and series; poor choice narrator.

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I thought I loved the Scotland Street series with the adorable little Bertie, but I actually love this series even more. Isabel Dalhousie is a wonderful character full of very human emotions and impulses that she combs through on a regular basis. Alexander McCall Smith, polymath and wordsmith, has an uncanny ability to make even the most quotidian sounding tangent fascinating.

My favorite one of the series, so far.

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Another pleasant visit with Isabel Dalhousie. The narrator, Davina Porter, is absolutely terrific!

The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday

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The story line wandered more than usual. The last chapter wasn’t well connected to the rest of the book

Not the best

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Such a pleasure to find an enjoyable novel with well drawn likeable characters wrapped in a philosophical discussion. Isabel ponders ideas we all should consider.

Thought provoking and still thoroughly enjoyable.

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Great chsracters. Love the narrator. Perfect listen to help step away from daily stressors. Highly reccommend.

Loved it.

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What happened to the confident Isabel? She was so obsessed with Jamie! This was my least favorite book of the series.

Too insecure!

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