More than 𝟰𝟬𝟬 #newbook #releases this week!

Highlights ✨

The Lost Language of Oysters by #AlexanderMcCallSmith
( #ProfessorDrVonIgelfeld Series)
Catastrophic Brew by #EricaJWhelton ( #TheCozyPurrchCafeMysteries)
Stolen in Death by #JDRobb ( #InDeath Series)
Free Falling by #JillShalvis ( #ColburnBrothers Series)
Unstoppable Us, Volume 3: How Enemies Become Friends by #YuvalNoahHarari ( #UnstoppableUs Series) (North American Release)

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This #MurderEveryMonday is crime fiction set in #Scotland
I've just read The Edinburgh Murders (more on my blog) and I'm reading the short story collection The Edinburgh Mystery edited by Martin Edwards, but I decided to go with the Sunday Philosophy Club series by #AlexanderMcCallSmith.
Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher and an editor of a scientific journal, lives in #Edinburgh, and has a fox in her garden. There's a lack of "bad" characters in this series, and besides following Isabel unreveling mysteries, the series is very much character driven, so we also follow the moral and ethical decisions Isabel is confronted daily, as well as life changes of the characters.
There's a strong reflection both from the city of Edinburgh and the people who live there in the series.
I didn't read all the books yet (next is The Forgotten Affairs of Youth), but I'm working through the collection and in spite of not very "crime focused" as others, I must say it's one of my favorite series.

Check Kate's blog post to know more https://crossexaminingcrime.wordpress.com/murdereverymonday-theme-list/

Found a small pile of #Books, some read long ago, some not, so I'm working through them.

By coincidence, I read 2 back to back that take place in Edinburgh, Scotland, but 10 years apart, and opposite ends of the spectrum.

The Sunday Philosophy Club, by #AlexanderMcCallSmith, pub. 2004, ft. #IsabelDalhousie, a Miss Marple-esque character. Super cozy. (I hated her.😅 )

Mortal Causes, by #IanRankin, 1994, #InspectorRebus novel. Hard-boiled, during The Troubles. (Preferred this.)