Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the Number One Detectives Agency series. He also wrote The Winds From Further West. In this story Dr. Neil Anderson had just started a new position at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He meets Chrissie. Chrissie is intelligent and ambitious. They move into a flat together. Soon he gets into trouble. A students accuses him of making a statement that he did not say. His supervisor wants him to apologize for saying something he did not say. Neil refuses to apologize. Then the student claims Neil assaulted him on the sidewalk. That is a false accusation. Neil resigns from his position. He goes home early to find Chrissie having an affair with another man. Neil packs up his stuff and stays at a friend's house. His friend has a house on the island of Mull. This is a remote area where he can relax and figure out his future. One day, on the island, a boat is abandoned. The boat came from Russia. The captain of the boat left his boat and took off in the island ferry. As they explore the old boat they hear sounds coming from below. In a tiny box under the floor they find two wolf/dogs. They bring the animals to the local veterinarian. The local vet happens to be a pretty young woman. This gives Neil a chance to figure out his new beginning and a budding romance.
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