The Prime of Bertie Pollock (44 Scotland Street #19)

The Prime of Bertie Pollock (44 Scotland Street #19) by Alexander McCall Smith is out now, published August 6, 2026.

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The Prime of Bertie Pollock (44 Scotland Street #19) Release Date: August 6, 2026

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To find out where we are going, we sometimes need to find out where we came from.
Sister Maria-Fiore dei Fiori Montagna, who is suffering from an acute identity crisis, wants to know more about her own past, and after doing a DNA test, she discovers that she has a relative she didn’t know about. But her newfound family causes a bit of a rift between her and her flatmate, Antonia Collie. Can they work out their differences?

Bertie’s dream of moving to the promised land – the Dear Green Place – comes crashing down as he learns that he is to move to the far northeast – Peterhead, near Aberdeen, leaving poor Ranald Braveheart Macpherson a little heartbroken and lost. Will the boys ever be reunited in the Georgian splendour of New Town Edinburgh?

And for Bruce, it’s a case of history repeating itself. After getting all the attention he craves – landing a starring role in a new television series – the universe has one way of putting him in his place. Even in modern Scotland, lurking Calvinist tendencies might still strike.

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Genre: Cozy Mystery

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