The Lost Language of Oysters

In the latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith’s delightful Professor Dr Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld series, the distinguished professor finds his life upended by the arrival of two visiting scholars from New Orleans. While his colleague, Professor Detlev-Amadeus Unterholzer, bristles at their boisterous entrance on motorbikes, von Igelfeld is smitten with the vivacious Professor Pom Pom Boisseau. Amidst a backdrop of academic rivalry and potential romantic disappointment, von Igelfeld's string of misadventures leads him toward an unexpected journey to Louisiana, where intriguing research on communication among oysters awaits.