Espresso Tales. The latest from 44 Scotland Street

In Espresso Tales, Alexander McCall Smith pays another entertaining visit to Edinburgh and the lively residents of 44 Scotland Street. Bruce is planning a new career as a wine merchant, while his long-suffering flatmate Pat, set up by matchmaking Domenica Macdonald, finds herself at a nudist picnic in Moray Place. And young Bertie Pollock, who longs for a boy's life of fishing and rugby, not the yoga and pink dungarees foisted upon him by his bossy mother Irene, is plotting rebellion.
However, when he lands himself in a sticky situation involving a card game and legendary Glasgow hard-man Lard O'Connor, he realises he must be careful what he wishes for...