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The no. 1 ladies' detective agency / Alexander McCall Smith.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Abacus, 1998.Edition: This edition published by Abacus in 2003Description: 250 pages : 20 cmISBN:
  • 0864864388
  • 9780349116754
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.914
LOC classification:
  • PR6063.C326
Summary: 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 witch doctors.
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Books Footprints International School Library Network Toul Kork Campus A TK Campus, 4th Floor, Room B401, Fiction Bookcases (1-6) Fiction SMI 823.914 PR6063.C326 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 2025-0846

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 witch doctors.

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