Description
Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective. 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.
Mma Precious Ramotswe is content. Her business is well established with many satisfied customers, and in her mid-thirties ("the finest age to be") she has a house, two adopted children, a fine fianc . But, as always, there are troubles. Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni has not set the date for their marriage. Her able assistant, Mma Makutsi, wants a husband. And worse, a rival detective agency has opened in town--an agency that does not have the gentle approach to business that Mma Ramotswe's does. But, of course, Precious will manage these things, as she always does, with her uncanny insight and her good heart.
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 03/09/2004
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.22w x 0.55d
ISBN13: 9781400031801
ISBN10: 140003180X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Women Sleuths
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Humorous | General
Mma Precious Ramotswe is content. Her business is well established with many satisfied customers, and in her mid-thirties ("the finest age to be") she has a house, two adopted children, a fine fianc . But, as always, there are troubles. Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni has not set the date for their marriage. Her able assistant, Mma Makutsi, wants a husband. And worse, a rival detective agency has opened in town--an agency that does not have the gentle approach to business that Mma Ramotswe's does. But, of course, Precious will manage these things, as she always does, with her uncanny insight and her good heart.
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 03/09/2004
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.22w x 0.55d
ISBN13: 9781400031801
ISBN10: 140003180X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Women Sleuths
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Humorous | General
About the Author
Alexander McCall Smith is a professor of medical law at Edinburgh University. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and taught law at the University of Botswana. He is the author of more than fifty books: novels, stories, children's books, and specialized titles such as Forensic Aspects of Sheep. He lives in Scotland.