The release date for the English version of '44 Scotland Street' by
Alexander McCall Smith is Jun 2005. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Book 1 of 44 Scotland Street
These marvelously observant, gently sarcastic serial books bring to life the people and places around 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh. Among them is six-year-old Bertie, who is a tremendously intelligent youngster (just ask his mother!).
Greetings from 44 Scotland Street, the abode of some of Edinburgh's liveliest personalities. Pat is a twenty-year-old who just moved into an apartment with Bruce, a young guy of athletic build who is self-aware. Domenica, their neighbor, is a wise and quirky widow. Irene and her attractive five-year-old son Bertie reside in the apartment below. Bertie is the victim of his mother's insistence that he study Italian and the saxophone.
This charming and funny depiction of Edinburgh society, first published as a serial in The Scotsman newspaper, has a cast of interesting new acquaintances, a missing artwork, love triangles, and a meeting with a well-known Scottish mystery writer, to name just a few of the plot points.