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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 6
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 6

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English

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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.
Precious is busier than usual at the detective agency when she discovers...

2) The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 1
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 1

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English

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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...

3) Tears of the giraffe

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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 2
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 2

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English

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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.

Precious Ramotswe is the eminently sensible and cunning proprietor...

4) The miracle at Speedy Motors

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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 9
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 9

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English

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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.

Under the endless skies of Botswana, there is always something

...

5) Blue shoes and happiness: the new novel in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series

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Smith, Alexander McCall

Series

No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 7
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 7

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English

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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.

Life is good for Mma Ramotswe as she sets out with her usual resolve

...

6) Precious and Grace

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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 17
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 17

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English

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"The delightful seventeenth installment of the ever-popular, perennially best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective, is a little short on help. The co-director of the agency, Grace Makutsi, is busy with her own case, her client none other than their erstwhile assistant, Mr. Polopetsi, who has unwittingly involved himself in a pyramid scheme. The agency's other assistant, Charlie, may also...

7) Tea time for the traditionally built

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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 10
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 10

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English

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The 10th entry in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series finds Precious Ramotswe investigating a mystery that hits close to home. When she asks her dependable husband Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni to fix her tiny, white van, Precious fears he might just sell the vehicle and buy her something more modern. And so he does. But this will not do. So Precious tries to track her beloved van down--and learns it has already been stolen from its new owner

8) The good husband of Zebra Drive

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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 8
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 8

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English

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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.

There is rarely a dull moment in the life of Precious Ramotswe,

...

9) The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection

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Smith, Alexander McCall

Series

No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 13
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 13

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English

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"Precious Ramotswe is back and, as usual, her plate is full! She's called in to tackle a mysterious disciplinary problem at her adopted daughter's school...Her infinitely trustworthy assistant, Grace Makutsi, is having trouble adjusting to wedded bliss, a problem to test even the formidable talents of Mma Ramotswe...And the estimable Clovis Andersen, author of The Principles of Private Investigation--the No. 1 Ladies' prized manual--has arrived, right...

10) The Saturday big tent wedding party

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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 12
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 12

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English

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THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY - Book 12

Fans around the world adore the best-selling 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.
At

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11) The woman who walked in sunshine

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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 16
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 16

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English

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Business is slow at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, so slow in fact that for the first time in her estimable career Precious Ramotswe has reluctantly agreed to take a holiday. The promise of a week of uninterrupted peace is short-lived, however, when she meets a young boy named Samuel, a troublemaker who is himself in some trouble. Once she learns more about Samuel's sad story, Mma Ramotswe feels compelled to step in and help him find his way...

12) The Double Comfort Safari Club

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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 11
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 11

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English

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The Okavango makes Precious appreciate once again the beauty of her homeland. However, it is also home to rival safari operators, fearsome crocodiles and disgruntled hippopotamuses. Mma Makutdi still does not have a date for her wedding but Precious knows a wide river will make its way round any obstacle, things will work out for the best

13) To the land of long lost friends

Author

Smith, Alexander McCall

Series

No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 20
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 20

Language

English

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"In the latest book in the widely beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Precious Ramotswe takes on a case for a childhood acquaintance but her inquiries will require an even more delicate touch than usual. Mma Ramotswe reconnects with an old friend who has been having problems with her daughter. Though Precious feels compelled to lend a hand, she discovers that getting involved in family affairs is always a delicate proposion. Mr. J.L.B....

14) The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe

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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 15
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 15

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English

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"The newest installment in the beloved and best-selling series. In this delightful fifteenth installment, Mma Ramotswe has her hands full both at home and in the office. To add to her current challenges, her devoted partner, Grace Makutsi, has decided to branch out on her own and open The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe. But even "Miss 97 Per Cent" can't quite meet all the demands of running a business--not to mention those that a lightning strike makes...

15) The minor adjustment beauty salon: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 14
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 14

Pub. Date

2013.

Language

English

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"The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series is moving to the fall! In the latest book in the beloved best-selling series of mysteries set in Botswana, Mma Ramotswe is asked to help the proprietor of the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon, who is having trouble with her business. The salon has suffered some unfortunate events, including face cream that burns the skin. Could someone be trying to put the salon out of business? Meanwhile, on the home front,...

16) From a far and lovely country

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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 24
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 24

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English

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If you are the founder and managing director of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, you may expect complete strangers to approach you with their problems when they see you having dinner with your husband in a peri-peri restaurant. And if you are Precious Ramotswe, you are a kind and helpful person who will be willing to take on a quest to find the relatives of a man who, many years ago, left the country for the uncertainties and dangers of a distant...

17) Morality for beautiful girls: more from the no. 1 ladies' detective agency

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