As the young man falls, she catches his eye, and sees an expression of shock of his face, which suggests to her that the police's verdict of suicide is wrong.

The original title of the book was The Crushed Strawberry, named for the colour of Toby's trousers, but it was changed to The Sunday Philosophy Club after a suggestion by McCall Smith's editor.

1 Lady Detective" Precious Ramotswe) and describes her philosophical musings as "less than riveting"; it concludes that the novel is "the literary equivalent of herbal tea and a cozy fire".

[3] Likewise, The Times Online calls the novel "airless and exhausting" and adds that "We can only hope that the Sunday Philosophy Club remains indefinitely postponed".

[4] However, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch calls Isabel "the anti-Precious" and suggests that the novel will "delight McCall Smith's existing fans and win him some new ones".