5 must-read scotland books like Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15) by Alexander McCall Smith

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Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.32

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Life for Bertie seems to be moving at a pace that is rather out of his control. In Drummond Place g…

"It was the beauty of the country before them that had done it. Scotland was a place of attenuated light, of fragility, of a beauty that broke the heart."

-Alexander McCall Smith, Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15)

"It was the beauty of the country before them that had done it. Scotland was a place of attenuated light, of fragility, of a beauty that broke the heart."

-Alexander McCall Smith, Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15)

"Angus turned to Domenica. "This view always makes me feel sad. I don't know why, but it does." He drew in his breath, savouring the freshness of the air. Freshly mown grass was upon it, and the smell of lavender, too, from Elspeth's kitchen garden. "Well, perhaps not sad--more wistful, perhaps, which is one notch below actual sadness."

-Alexander McCall Smith, Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15)

"Angus turned to Domenica. "This view always makes me feel sad. I don't know why, but it does." He drew in his breath, savouring the freshness of the air. Freshly mown grass was upon it, and the smell of lavender, too, from Elspeth's kitchen garden. "Well, perhaps not sad--more wistful, perhaps, which is one notch below actual sadness."

-Alexander McCall Smith, Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15)

If you liked the scotland plot in Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15) by Alexander McCall Smith , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Death of a Ghost (Hamish Macbeth, #32) by M.C. Beaton

1. Death of a Ghost (Hamish Macbeth, #32)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth--Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman--returns in M.C. Be… read more

Similar categories in M.C. Beaton's Death of a Ghost (Hamish Macbeth, #32) book and Alexander McCall Smith's Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15)

  • humor
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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2. Death of a Nurse (Hamish Macbeth, #31)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

M. C. Beaton's New York Timesbestselling Hamish Macbeth series continues with a new mystery featuri… read more

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  • humor
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • audiobook

3. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

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4. An Academic Question

By: Barbara Pym

3.58

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

Caroline Grimstone, the bored young wife of an ambitious anthropologist, finds a cure for her tediu… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Pym's An Academic Question book and Alexander McCall Smith's Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15)

  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • british literature
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5. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • british literature
"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

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6. A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.27

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

In the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series, a series of possible attacks on… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17) book and Alexander McCall Smith's Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15)

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • british literature
"Yet the alternative he had suggested smacked of privilege, and wasn't privilege always bolstered by a discrimination of sorts?"

-Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17)

"...places leave their mark in the same way that a human being can touch us. We have to make our peace with place, with the locations where we have spent time. We consider how we've been affected by b…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17)

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7. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Word book and Alexander McCall Smith's Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15)

  • contemporary
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • british literature
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8. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

By: Richard Osman

4.49

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more

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  • audiobook
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

Cover of Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15) by Alexander McCall Smith

9. Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.32

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Life for Bertie seems to be moving at a pace that is rather out of his control. In Drummond Place g… read more

Similar categories in Alexander McCall Smith's Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15) book and Alexander McCall Smith's Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15)

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • humor
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It was the beauty of the country before them that had done it. Scotland was a place of attenuated light, of fragility, of a beauty that broke the heart."

-Alexander McCall Smith, Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15)

"Angus turned to Domenica. "This view always makes me feel sad. I don't know why, but it does." He drew in his breath, savouring the freshness of the air. Freshly mown grass was upon it, and the smell…"

-Alexander McCall Smith, Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15)

"But Domenica thought: I really would like things to be forever. I would like to be able to sit at this table once a week, perhaps, with these friends. I would like to talk about the things we talk ab…"

-Alexander McCall Smith, Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15)

Cover of A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18) by Louise Penny

10. A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

By: Louise Penny

4.46

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louis… read more

Similar categories in Louise Penny's A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18) book and Alexander McCall Smith's Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15)

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"They didn’t need proof. All a woman had to be was alive. Just being a woman was, in the church’s eyes, evil."

-Louise Penny, A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

"He look at the canvas and saw bold swirls of reds and greens and yellows and bright blues all intermingled. They formed no image, and he got no feeling. He closed his eyes and paused. When he open th…"

-Louise Penny, A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

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11. The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.27

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Ruth Galloway returns to the moody and beautiful landscape of North Norfolk to confront another … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13) book and Alexander McCall Smith's Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15)

  • contemporary
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Devil’s Delight (Agatha Raisin, #33) by M.C. Beaton

12. Devil’s Delight (Agatha Raisin, #33)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Beloved New York Times bestseller M.C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin—the star of her own hi… read more

Similar categories in M.C. Beaton's Devil’s Delight (Agatha Raisin, #33) book and Alexander McCall Smith's Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street, #15)

  • british literature
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Death of a Traitor (Hamish Macbeth, #35) by M.C. Beaton

13. Death of a Traitor (Hamish Macbeth, #35)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.84

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In this addition to a  New York Times  bestselling mystery series, Sergeant Hamish Macbeth—Scotland… read more

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  • british literature
  • humor
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Death of a Green-Eyed Monster (Hamish Macbeth, #34)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth , Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman is back and may ha… read more

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  • british literature
  • humor
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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15. A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33)

By: Donna Leon

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti conf… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook

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