TO TAKE AN INTEREST in the affairs of others is entirelynatural; so natural, in fact, that even a cat, lying cat-napping ontop of a wall, will watch with half an eye the people walking bybelow. But between such curiosity, which is permissible, andnosiness, which is not, there lies a dividing line that some people simply miss---even if it is a line that is painted red andmarked by the very clearest of warning signs.

In this enticing new chapter of Alexander McCall Smith's bestselling series, evervone's favorite moralphilosopher Isabel Dalhousie ponders the meaningof happiness and wrestles once again with mattersof the heart.