The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

The multi-million copy bestselling series

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Publisher 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

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2008
2 October
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
256
Pages
PUBLISHER
Little, Brown Book Group
SIZE
2.7
MB

Customer Reviews

AKPOK'S ,

Very insightful

Was a bit sceptical at first and was hesitant to purchase the book. However I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book, it was simple and yet complex, touching on the vanity of things we consider important in life but in reality adds no value or happiness to our lives. I have already purchased the second book in the series and can’t wait to dig in. Will surely recommend it to my sons, they are prolific readers as well, I just hope they will get the deeper and complex life values contained therein. It is even more extraordinary that the author is British and understands so clearly the African mind and the things that are important to them. Thank you for creating something that can give an understanding of the simplicity and beauty that encapsulates African culture.

Rohan's Inc. ,

Amazing!

I really loved reading this book and I love how there's no lose ends (unlike in other books). Tears of a giraffe here I come!

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