McCall Smith, Alexander,  1948- <br/><br/>
Tears of the giraffe / 
Alexander McCall Smith. 
 - This edition published in 2003  
 - London :   Abacus,   2002.  
 - 217 pages :   20 cm  
<br/><br/> Precious Ramotswe is the eminently sensible and cunning proprietor of the only ladies’ detective agency in Botswana. In Tears of the Giraffe she tracks a wayward wife, uncovers an unscrupulous maid, and searches for an American man who disappeared into the plains many years ago. In the midst of resolving uncertainties, pondering her impending marriage to a good, kind man, Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni, and the promotion of her talented secretary (a graduate of the Botswana Secretarial College, with a mark of 97 per cent), she also finds her family suddenly and unexpectedly increased by two.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1400031354 (pbk.) 9780349116655 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002018695 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Ramotswe, Precious (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women private investigators--Botswana--Fiction.<br/>No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization)--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Botswana--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Mystery fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR6063.C326 T4 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>823.914