No 1 Ladies Detective Agency

McCall, Smith, Alexande

£8.99

The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency is one woman, Precious Ramotswe, working out of a breezeblock office in Botswana. A cross between Kinsey Millhone and Miss Marple, Precious makes an unlikely heroine as she embarks on a very African mystery.

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Publish Date: 05/06/2003

Description

The first book in the multi-million copy bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series



The one where it all begins

Mma Ramotswe is the proud proprietor of the finest ladies’ detective agency in all Botswana (also the only one). She spends her time, with a cup of redbush tea beneath the acacia tree, waiting for clients. When they come along, whether it is to enquire after a missing spouse or check the identity of a long-lost father, it is not The Principles of Private Detection that helps her to solve cases but old-fashioned common sense and a warm-hearted understanding of the fallibility of human nature – especially that of men.

‘Among the greatest comfort-reads of all time’ Sunday Times

‘Jolly and exhilarating’ Sunday Telegraph


‘The Miss Marple of Botswana’ New York Times Book Review


‘A publishing phenomenon’ Guardian

Additional information

Weight 200 g
Dimensions 196 × 126 × 20 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

250

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

823.914 (edition:21)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K