Alexander McCall Smith, The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday

This is the fifth book in Alexander McCall Smith's Isabel Dalhousie series. If you're this far along, you'll know what you're in for: occasional reflections on philosophy, music, and art packed around the twin scaffolds of Isabel's personal life and her ethical dilemma du jour. This time around there's a depressed, disgraced doctor she feels responsible for, and she does a wee bit of sleuthing to try to help him out. But mostly the book is about watching Isabel's life and relationships unfold. A gentle read, which is sometimes just what one needs.