Alexander McCall Smith

At 24 Mouse Lane in the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town, Katie Donald is in the business of bringing lonely hearts together. The Perfect Passion Dating Company is the first in a new series by one of Scotland’s very greatest and most prolific novelists. Sandy McCall Smith has a passion for playfulness mixed with kindness and generosity of spirit – and he can also tell a rattling good story. As his heroine, Katie, brings people together, she learns profound lessons about her own desires. And in this she is aided and encouraged by her handsome neighbour, William Kidd. This lovely novel is also insightful, offering a glimpse inside the psychology of matchmaking and the search for love and compassion.