THE TWELFTH INSTALLMENT OF THE MUCH-LOVED ISABEL DALHOUSIE SERIESIt is summer in Edinburgh and
Isabel Dalhousie is once again caught between 'gossip' and significant rumour. It is none of
her business that Patricia the mother of her son Charlie's little friend Basil is estranged
from Basil's father or that the woman has a somewhat brazen attitude to childcare. And yet it
is curious.Isabel however has much else on her mind as editor of the 'Review of Applied
Ethics'. Along with the work involved for its impending next issue she really needs to get her
house in order and tend to the demands of her niece Cat. Thankfully the arrival of Antonia
the exuberant Italian au pair will take care of urgent chores. And the hiring of Claire a
diligent if unsettlingly beautiful new assistant at the 'Review' surely means that Isabel can
breathe at least a little.But her sharp observation and assured role as confidante soon have
Isabel doubting all her recent decisions. What's more her instinct to help others may have put
her in real danger. In her desire to run both a smooth household and working life has she
simply created more chaos? Perhaps the quiet side of passion is after all the best side on
which to be?The Quiet Side of Passion is the twelfth book in the series but you may enjoy
reading the series in any order.
