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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No.1 Ladies Detective Agency)

by Alexander M Smith

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Publisher Comments:

This first novel in Smith's widely acclaimed and beloved series--featuring Precious Ramotswe, the "Miss Marple of Botswana" ("New York Times Book Review")--is now available for the first time in mass-market paperback.

Synopsis:

This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith's widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to help people with problems in their lives. Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefront in Gaborone, she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. But the case that tugs at her heart, and lands her in danger, is a missing eleven-year-old boy, who may have been snatched by witchdoctors.

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency received two Booker Judges' Special Recommendations and was voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times Literary Supplement.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781400096886
Author:
Smith, Alexander M
Publisher:
Anchor Books
Author:
Smith, Alexander McCall
Author:
McCall Smith, Alexander
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Series
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
Subject:
Botswana
Edition Description:
For Us Paperback
Series:
No.1 Ladies Detective Agency
Publication Date:
July 2005
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
6.91x4.22x.74 in. .29 lbs.

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