01599cam a2200325 a 4500 6195 FISKH 20250327101631.0 000113s1998 sa 000 1 eng 00311528 0864864388 9780349116754 $5.00 DLC DLC DLC eng PR6063.C326 823.914 McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- The no. 1 ladies' detective agency / Alexander McCall Smith. This edition published by Abacus in 2003 New York : Abacus, 1998. 250 pages : 20 cm 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. Ramotswe, Precious (Fictitious character) Fiction. No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization) Fiction. Women private investigators Botswana Fiction. Botswana Fiction. Mystery fiction. gsafd 7 cbc orignew 4 ncip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 6195 6195 0 0 ddc 0 0 FIC 001 001 ATKSF 2025-03-27 0 SMI 823.914 PR6063.C326 2025-0846 2025-03-27 10:16:28 2025-03-27 BK