Love in the Time of Bertie was a library book I borrowed with The Book Share by Phaedra Patrick. My regular readers will know that Alexander McCall Smith is one of my favourite authors. Love in the Time of Bertie is the most recent book in the 44 Scotland Street series about a precocious child living in Edinburgh. There are many characters, who will be familiar from earlier books in the series described as ‘the world’s longest-running serial novel’. It was published in November 2021.

New readers would not have any trouble joining the story part way through. I haven’t read every episode. The last page tickled me almost as much as some of the incidents. ‘THE END’ was followed by a proviso! The next book in the series is to be published on 3 November 2022.
Other books by Alexander McCall Smith I have read and reviewed:
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
The Careful Use of Compliments
Trains and Lovers: The heart’s journey
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Precious and the Monkeys Precious Ramotswe’s very first case
Precious and the Mystery of Meerkat Hill A new case for Precious Ramotswe.