TY - BOOK AU - McCall Smith,Alexander TI - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency SN - 1400034779 (pbk.) AV - PR6063 .C326 N6 2002 U1 - 823/.914 21 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - Anchor Books KW - Ramotswe, Precious (Fictitious character) KW - Fiction KW - No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization) KW - Women private investigators KW - Botswana KW - Mystery fiction KW - gsafd N2 - 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 ER -