内容简介
Isabel Dalhousie thinks often of friends, sometimes of lovers,
and on occasion of chocolate. As an Edinburgh philosopher she is
certain of where she stands. She can review a book called In Praise
of Sin with panache and conviction, but real life is...well,
perhaps a bit more challenging - particularly when it comes to her
feelings for Jamie, a younger man who should have married her
niece, Cat. Jamie's handsomeness leaves Isabel feeling distinctly
uneasy, and ethically disturbed. 'I am a philosopher', she thinks,
'but I am also a woman'. And more disturbance is in store. When Cat
takes a break in Italy, Isabel agrees to run her delicatessen. One
of the customers, she discovers, has recently had a heart
transplant and is now being plagued by memories that cannot be
rationally explained and which he feels do not belong to him.
Isabel is intrigued. So intrigued that she finds herself rushing
headlong into a dangerous investigation. But she still has time to
think about the things that possess her - things like love and
friendship, and, of course, temptation. The last of these comes in
many forms - chocolate, for example, or seductive Italians...