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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: the no. 1 ladies' detective agency series: book 1

Alexander McCall Smith

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: the no. 1 ladies' detective agency series: book 1

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ISBN:
9780349116754
ISBN-10:
0-349-11675-X

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Wayward daughters. Missing Husbands. Philandering partners. Curious conmen. If you've got a problem, and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only - and finest - female private detective.

Her methods may not be conventional, and her manner not exactly Miss Marple, but she's got warmth, wit and canny intuition on her side, not to mention Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, the charming proprietor of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. And Precious is going to need them all as she sets out on the trail of a missing child, a case that tumbles our heroine into a hotbed of strange situations and more than a little danger . . .

Delightfully different, THE NO.1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY offers a captivating glimpse of an unusual world.

Reviews

  • 'Everything about [McCall Smith] is appealing. He's just full of delight - it just bubbles out of him' SUNDAY HERALD
  • 'Indeed, the effort involved would have been justified by just one of them, THE NO.1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY' Gerald Kaufman, Chairman of the 1999 BOOKER Prize Jury
  • 'A rare pleasure' DAILY TELEGRAPH
  • 'A publishing phenomenon' GUARDIAN

Paperback: £7.99

Published 05/06/2003

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