Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 3) (original 2001; edition 2002)

by Alexander McCall Smith

Series: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (3)

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Fiction. Literature. Mystery. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies�?? Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana�??s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe�??with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi�??navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humor, and the occasional cup of tea. In Morality for Beautiful Girls, Precious Ramotswe, founder and owner of the only detective agency for the concerns of both ladies and others, investigates the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important �??Government Man,�?� and the moral character of the four finalists of the Miss Beauty and Integrity Contest, the winner of which will almost certainly be a contestant for the title of Miss Botswana. Yet her business is having money problems, and when other difficulties arise at her fiancé�??s Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, she discovers the reliable Mr J.L.B. Matekoni is more com… (more)

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Member:	rspennington
Title:	Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 3)
Authors:	Alexander McCall Smith
Info:	Anchor (2002), Edition: Later Printing, Paperback, 227 pages
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This is the third installment of the delightful No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency of mysteries set in Botswana and solved by intrepid private investigator Mme Precious Ramotswe. The author was born in Zimbabwe but spent years living in Botswana and obviously has a deep love for the country and its people and a sharp eye for detail.

Sadly, I found this story less engaging than the previous two. Mme Ramotswe investigates the poisoning of a politician's brother and the morality of beauty contest competitors. She also has to negotiate her own financial difficulties and J.L.B. Matekoni’s depression and lack of interest in his workshop.

I love the characters and I will definitely press on and read another installment someday but this wasn’t my favourite. (

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mimbza | Apr 7, 2024 |

Loved the book. I love reading all these books about Precious and her adventures. (

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LuLibro | Jan 22, 2024 |

A nice, light read. (

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blueskygreentrees | Jul 30, 2023 |

3½ stars. I liked seeing a bit more of Mma Ramotswe's assistant in this one. (

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leslie.98 | Jun 27, 2023 |

Another good installment in this series! (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Alexander McCall Smith	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Kern, Élisabeth	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Lecat, Lisette	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Canonical title

Morality for Beautiful Girls

Original title

Morality for Beautiful Girls

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Original publication date

2001-09-01

People/Characters

Precious Ramotswe (Mma)

J.L.B. Matekoni

Grace Makutsi (Mma)

Important places

Gaborone, Botswana

Important events

Epigraph

Dedication

This book is for
Jean Denison
and
Richard Denison

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Mma Ramotswe, the daughter of the late Obed Ramotswe of Mochudi, near Gaborone, Botswana, Africa, was the announced fiance of Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, son of the late Pumphamilitse Matekoni, of Tlokweng, peasant farmer and latterly chief caretaker of the Railway Head Office.

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"Who was to tell another person what size they should be? It was a form of dictatorship, by the thin, and she was not having any of it. If these thin people became any more insistent, then more generously sized people would just have to sit on them. Yes, that would teach them! Hah!"

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Fiction. Literature. Mystery. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies�?? Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana�??s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe�??with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi�??navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humor, and the occasional cup of tea.

In Morality for Beautiful Girls, Precious Ramotswe, founder and owner of the only detective agency for the concerns of both ladies and others, investigates the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important �??Government Man,�?� and the moral character of the four finalists of the Miss Beauty and Integrity Contest, the winner of which will almost certainly be a contestant for the title of Miss Botswana. Yet her business is having money problems, and when other difficulties arise at her fiancé�??s Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, she discovers the reliable Mr J.L.B. Matekoni is more com

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