Emma: A Modern Retelling, Alexander McCall Smith historical fiction Julie Armstrong arrives home from

Julie Armstrong arrives home from a night out to find her son murdered

Steve throws himself into San Francisco’s vibrant cultural scene

a married Westerner

and engaged to the charismatic

and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents

Emma: A Modern Retelling, Alexander McCall Smith historical fiction Julie Armstrong arrives home fromThe best selling author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series deftly escorts Jane Austens beloved, meddlesome heroine into the twenty first century in this delightfully inventive retelling. "[McCall Smith] takes Janes characters and invites them warmly into our world. The Washington Post The summer after university, Emma Woodhouse returns home to live with her widowed father and launch her interior design business. Apart from cultivating grand