The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday book cover by Alexander McCall Smith

The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday

Book 5 of Isabel Dalhousie

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Where The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday sits

Series
Book 5 of Isabel Dalhousie. See all Isabel Dalhousie books in order
Order checked
Last checked: September 25, 2026, against penguinrandomhouse.com
Place in the series
It is book 5 of the Isabel Dalhousie series. (penguinrandomhouse.com; read November 6, 2026) Isabel Dalhousie ... The Careful Use of Compliments ... The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
Next book
Book 6 is The Lost Art of Gratitude. (penguinrandomhouse.com; read November 6, 2026) The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday ... The Lost Art of Gratitude

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This edition
The edition checked here is a 240-page paperback from Anchor Books. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) 9780307387073 ... pbk. ... 240 p. ... Anchor Books

What The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday is about

The setup only, with no spoilers. Each line names the record it rests on.

  • A patient has died by accident, and a doctor with spotless credentials is accused of fraud over a new drug. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) an impeccably credentialed doctor is accused of fraudulent involvement with a new drug
  • Isabel starts looking into it, worried that a good man's name will be ruined. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) concerned that a good man's reputation will be ruined

Alexander McCall Smith in brief

Birth
Born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, in 1948. (Wikidata and the place's own entry; read November 6, 2026)
Prizes
Alexander McCall Smith was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2001. (Wikidata, citing rse.org.uk; read November 6, 2026)
Prizes
Alexander McCall Smith was made a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2005. (Wikidata, citing acmedsci.ac.uk; read November 6, 2026)

Topics in this book

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Topics

  • Fraud
  • Women philosophers

Places

  • Edinburgh (Scotland)

Reading ages

  • Adult

Other books in Isabel Dalhousie

14 books listed so far

  1. Book 1: The Sunday Philosophy Club
  2. Book 2: Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
  3. Book 3: The Right Attitude to Rain
  4. Book 4: The Careful Use of Compliments
  5. Book 6: The Lost Art of Gratitude
  6. Book 7: The Charming Quirks of Others
  7. Book 8: The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
  8. Book 9: The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds
  9. Book 10: The Novel Habits of Happiness
  10. Book 11: A Distant View of Everything
  11. Book 12: The Quiet Side of Passion
  12. Book 13: The Geometry of Holding Hands
  13. Book 14: The Sweet Remnants of Summer

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