<b>The sensational sixth installment in the best-selling chronicles of the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie. <br></b><br>Isabel&#8217;s son, Charlie, is now of an age&#8212;eighteen months&#8212;to have a social life, and so off they go to a birthday party, where, much to Isabel&#8217;s surprise, she encounters an old adversary, Minty Auchterlonie, now a high-flying financier. Minty had seemed to Isabel a woman of ruthless ambition, but the question of her integrity had never been answered. Now, when Minty takes Isabel into her confidence about a personal matter, Isabel finds herself going another round: Is Minty to be trusted? Or is she the perpetrator of an enormous financial fraud? And what should Isabel make of the rumors of shady financial transactions at Minty's investment bank?<br><br>Not that this is the only dilemma facing Isabel: she also crosses swords again with her nemesis, Professor Dove, in an argument over plagiarism. Of course her niece, Cat, has a new, problematic man (a tightrope walker!) in her life. And there remains the open question of marriage to Jamie&#8212;doting father of Charlie.<br><br>As always, there is no end to the delight in accompanying Isabel as she makes her way toward the heart of every problem: philosophizing, sleuthing, and downright snooping in her inimitable&#8212;and inimitably charming&#8212;fashion.