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Loading... The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (original 1998; edition 2003)by Alexander McCall Smith
Work detailsThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (1998)
 BrookeAshley | May 23, 2013 |  very very light. (  ) lxydis | May 11, 2013 | I have learnt that there are peaceful people in Africa who accept life as it is. No wondering why me, why now etc. they just accept the good with the bad. A lovely fun book that has many hidden depths. You feel as though you are reading something light hearted and then it hits you that some of the issues in this book are really deep and dark. (  ) jodes101 | May 9, 2013 | This was a decent little book. It was a little disjointed, and I though t the authoer could have woven the different elements together a little more tightly. I found it moderately enjoyable. (  ) ImperfectCJ | May 4, 2013 | Fun, easy read. I'll definitely read the rest of the series as I have time. ( ) amhamilt | Apr 9, 2013 | no reviews | add a review Is contained inThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency / Tears of the Giraffe / Morality for Beautiful Girls / The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency / Tears of the Giraffe / Morality for Beautiful Girls / The Kalahari Typing School for Men / The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency / Tears of the Giraffe / Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Books 1-7 by Alexander McCall Smith The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Books 1-9 by Alexander McCall Smith
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It's the detective as folk hero, solving crimes through an innate, self-possessed wisdom that, combined with an understanding of human nature, invariably penetrates into the heart of a puzzle. If Miss Marple were fat and jolly and lived in Botswana--and decided to go against any conventional notion of what an unmarried woman should do, spending the money she got from selling her late father's cattle to set up a Ladies' Detective Agency--then you have an idea of how Precious sets herself up as her country's first female detective. Once the clients start showing up on her doorstep, Precious enjoys a pleasingly successful series of cases.
But the edge of the Kalahari is not St. Mary Mead, and the sign Precious orders, painted in brilliant colors, is anything but discreet. Pointing in the direction of the small building she had purchased to house her new business, it reads "THE NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY. FOR ALL CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS AND ENQUIRIES. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED FOR ALL PARTIES. UNDER PERSONAL MANAGEMENT."
The solutions she comes up with, whether in the case of the clinic doctor with two quite different personalities (depending on the day of the week), or the man who had joined a Christian sect and seemingly vanished, or the kidnapped boy whose bones may or may not be those in a witch doctor's magic kit, are all sensible, logical, and satisfying. Smith's gently ironic tone is full of good humor towards his lively, intelligent heroine and towards her fellow Africans, who live their lives with dignity and with cautious acceptance of the confusions to which the world submits them. Precious Ramotswe is a remarkable creation, and The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency well deserves the praise it received from London's Times Literary Supplement. I look forward with great eagerness to the upcoming books featuring the memorable Miss Ramotswe, Tears of the Giraffe and Morality for Beautiful Girls, soon to be available in the U.S. --Otto Penzler
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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 witchdoctors.… (more)
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If you watched the first season on HBO, you've seen all the mysteries that are in this book. Strangely, I liked the show much better than the book. (