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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency / Alexander McCall Smith

By:

McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Anchor Books , c2002.Description: 235 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9781400034772

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Detective and mystery stories -- -Fiction

DDC classification:

MYS MCC

Abstract: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	MYS MCC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		54959

Originally published: Edinburgh : Polygon, 1998.

First title in a series of the same name.

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.

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