Alexander McCall Smith - Anyone familiar with his books? [View all]

I've been thinking about going more into sewing (while some of my fingers still work), fall yard work, and reading less...

But every time I decide that this is my last bunch from the library, I get curious about another author. In the Amazon reviews (25 Five-Star) of Killed at the Whim of a Hat, by Colin Cotterill, he is compared to McCall Smith by some.

All his stuff is listed here, and I don't know where to start, or if I want to start at all (am still working on Beaton's books).

Ever since I read Stieg Larsson's books, I've become a real aficionado of books written by foreign authors about foreign countries.

http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/M_Authors/McCall-Smith_Alexander.html

Thanks...