The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: A No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Novel (1)

· No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series Book 1 · Sold by Vintage
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • 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.

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.

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4.5
44 reviews
Sherry Whittaker
December 2, 2023
This is a must- have book for everyone who loves to go to foreign travels but can't or don't want to leave your couch. Each chapter is a different story, some are like cliffhangers but don't worry stories continue in another chapter. Please try this book, please?!?!
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charles stanton
March 30, 2017
It's a good book. I remember reading it when I was a senior in high school. I didn't think much of it at first but as I further read it I liked it.
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Spark Swain
February 11, 2022
An excellent book. A simple but beautiful story about Botswana and it's culture. We should all reach to attain the levels of politeness and kindness of Mma and her world.
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About the author

ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie Series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, the 44 Scotland Street series and the Corduroy Mansions series. 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. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and was a law professor at the University of Botswana.

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