The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency /
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency / Number One Ladies' Detective Agency. Alexander McCall Smith. - 1st Anchor Books ed. - New York : Anchor Books, 2002. - 235 p. ; 21 cm.
This first novel in Alexander McCall SmithsÌ 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 hÌelp people with problems in their lives. ÌImmediately 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 witchdoctors.
1400034779 (pbk.) 1400031346 (pbk.)
2002018694
Ramotswe, Precious (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization)--Fiction.
Women private investigators--Botswana--Fiction.
Botswana--Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
PR6063 .C326 / N6 2002
823/.914
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency / Number One Ladies' Detective Agency. Alexander McCall Smith. - 1st Anchor Books ed. - New York : Anchor Books, 2002. - 235 p. ; 21 cm.
This first novel in Alexander McCall SmithsÌ 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 hÌelp people with problems in their lives. ÌImmediately 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 witchdoctors.
1400034779 (pbk.) 1400031346 (pbk.)
2002018694
Ramotswe, Precious (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization)--Fiction.
Women private investigators--Botswana--Fiction.
Botswana--Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
PR6063 .C326 / N6 2002
823/.914