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The Peppermint Tea Chronicles

Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
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To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose; it is summer in Scotland Street (as it always is) and for the habitués of Edinburgh's favourite street, some extraordinary adventures lie in waiting.

For the impossibly vain Bruce Anderson - he of the clove-scented hair gel - it may finally be time to settle down, and surely it can only be a question of picking the lucky winner from the hordes of his admirers. The Duke of Johannesburg is keen to take his flight of fancy, a microlite seaplane, from the drawing board to the skies. Big Lou is delighted to discover that her young foster son has a surprising gift for dance but she is faced with big decisions to make on his and her futures. And with Irene now away to pursue her research in Aberdeen, her husband, Stuart, and infinitely long-suffering son, Bertie, are free to play. Stuart rekindles an old friendship over peppermint tea whilst Bertie and his friend Ranald Braveheart Macpherson get more than they bargained for from their trip to the circus. And that's just the start....

Take a few minutes to relax with a cup of tea of your favourite tea and savour the affairs of the world in microcosm, teeming with life's loves and challenges. Little dramas writ large by the master chronicler of modern life and manners. 

©2019 Alexander McCall Smith (P)2019 Recorded Books

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Fly on the wall...DNF

I saw ‘no 1 ladies detective agency’ and thought murder mystery, but so far this seems to just be a chronicle of the lives of a series of people. Each chapter so far seems to be a different circumstance or conversation. It’s like being a fly on the wall or having an entire street bugged and listening in on the conversations, and internal dialogues, of the people on this street, in their houses, outside on the street, wherever they go, you can listen.

This wasn’t for me, listen and gather your own inference on this one, other than me, the reviews all seem to be raving about this and apparently there are other books in this type of series of chronicles. Not for me.

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Once I’ve Got My Sea legs, the timbre and timing are Delightful!

Everything leading to that last chapter, moments of thoughtfulness, anguish, empathy, and tears. Smiles and contentment, what a lovely read!

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Sweet and delicious

A joy to listen to Bertie and Stuart’s new lives of possibility now that Irene has decamped to Aberdeen :)

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What a joy as always

I'm writing this during the pandemic 2020. What an uplifting book. Such fun with many good philosophical points. If you want a good read, may I recommend the whole series.

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