Steeped in the heat of summer in Botswana, and packed with intrigue, this heartfelt tale of friendship under pressure reveals how coming to terms with the past may be the only way to face the future. ![]() They are each convinced that they are on the right track - but what if they are both wrong? Meanwhile Mma Ramotswe must extract Mr Polopetsi - part-time assistant detective - from a potential disaster with wide-reaching consequences, deal with a stray dog that Fanwell - the gentle mechanic - has brought into their lives, and cope with the agency's arch-enemy, Violet Sephotho. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi soon find that the quest for the truth takes them in very different directions. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.įor years the two women have been helping people with the problems in their lives, but their partnership is tested by a curious case: a client who wants to rediscover the life she lost when she left Botswana thirty years ago. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and was a law professor at the University of Botswana.This is the story of Precious and Grace, known to one another and their friends as Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi, co-directors of the No. ![]() He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served with many national and international organizations concerned with bioethics. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie Series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, the 44 Scotland Street series and the Corduroy Mansions series. I haven't read anything with such alloyed pleasure for a long time." Anthony Daniels, The Sunday TelegraphĪbout the Author ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH is the author of the international phenomenon The No. His descriptions leave one as if standing in the Botswana landscape. INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "The Miss Marple of Botswana." The New York Times Book Review "Smart and sassy.Precious' progress is charted in passages that have the power to amuse or shock or touch the heart, sometimes all at once." Los Angeles Times "The author's prose has the merits of simplicity, euphony and precision. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswewith help from her loyal associate, Grace Makuts. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. 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. Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 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. 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. ![]() This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith's widely acclaimed The No. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe-with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi-navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humor, and the occasional cup of tea. ![]() 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective. Book Synopsis Fans around the world adore the bestselling No.
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