This is the story of the last acrimonious days of the Beatles, reconstructing for the first time the events of 1969, the year that saw the band reach new highs of musical creativity and new lows of internal strife. From here emerged the disharmony of Let It Be and the ragged genius of Abbey Road, their incredible farewell love letter to the world.

In Sixty Degrees North, the author travels along the 60th parallel, which passes through Shetland, where he was raised, and through Finland, Sweden. Norway, Greenland, Canada, Russia and Alaska, observing each land, and reflecting on his own life and recent loss.

A heart-warming stand-alone novel about trains and love! McCall Smith weaves a tale of four strangers who meet on a train. They have one thing in common - they have all been in love. They all have very different experiences to share, but as one of the character observes, loving others is the good thing we do in our lives.