The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
The multi-million copy bestselling series
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4.5 • 6 Ratings
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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
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
There’s plenty about Alexander McCall Smith’s lovable heroine Precious Ramotswe that’s conventional: She goes by Mma (the polite form of address), is very patriotic about her homeland of Botswana and enjoys a good cup of bush tea. But Mma Ramotswe has a radical streak, too: She’s the only female detective in Botswana and a deft crocodile-killer who left her abusive husband. In the first book in McCall Smith’s delightful mystery series, justice is served—whether it’s finding a stolen cow or finding out a straying husband.
