Isabel Dalhousie, philosopher and amateur solver of other peoples problems, meets an old foe, Minty Auchterlonie, at a birthday party attended by their young children. Ambitious Minty, now the head of a small investment bank, is in trouble with her shareholders. Isabel becomes involved, and is drawn into a murky world of financial concealment. Minty […]
Isabel Dalhousie is a new mother and a connoisseur of philosophy; shed rather not be a sleuth. But when a chance conversation at a dinner party draws Isabel into the case of a doctor whose career has been ruined, she cannot ignore what may be a miscarriage of justice. Because for Isabel ethics are not […]
Introducing Isabel Dalhousie the heroine of the latest bestselling series from the author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. Isabel, the editor of the Review of Applied Ethics and an occasional detective, has been accused of getting involved in problems that are, quite frankly, none of her business. In this first installment, Isabel is […]
In the life of Precious Ramotswe??a woman duly proud of her fine traditional build??there is rarely a dull moment, and in the latest installment in the universally beloved No. 1 Ladies?? Detective Agency series there is much happening on Zebra Drive and Tlokweng Road. Mma Ramotswe is experiencing staffing difficulties. First Mr. J.L.B. Mate-koni asks […]
In the newest addition to the universally beloved No. 1 Ladies?? Detective Agency series, the charming and ever-resourceful Precious Ramotswe finds herself overly beset by problems. She is already busier than usual at the detective agency when added to her concerns are a strange intruder in her house on Zebra Drive and the baffling appearance […]
From universally beloved author Alexander McCall Smith, comes this seventh installment in the bestselling No. 1 Ladies?? Detective Agency series featuring Botswana??s best-loved detective. Life is good for Mma Ramotswe as she sets out with her usual resolve to solve people??s problems, heal their misfortunes, and untangle the mysteries that make life interesting. And life […]
In the fifth book in the prodigiously successful series, traditionally built, eminently sensible Mma Precious Ramotswe continues her enterprise at the No. 1 Ladies?? Detective Agency in Gaborone, Botswana, a country that is indeed fortunate. Still engaged to the estimable Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, Mma Ramotswe understands that she should not put too much pressure on […]
A beguiling mystery and lyrical novel of Africa — the fourth in a series that the L.A. Times calls ??thoroughly engaging and entertaining.? Now that The No. 1 Ladies?? Detective Agency (the only detective agency for ladies and others in Botswana) is established, its founder, Precious Ramotswe, can look upon her life with pride: she??s […]
Precious Ramotswe is the eminently sensible and cunning proprietor of the only ladies?? detective agency in Botswana. In Tears of the Giraffe she tracks a wayward wife, uncovers an unscrupulous maid, and searches for an American man who disappeared into the plains many years ago. In the midst of resolving uncertainties, pondering her impending marriage […]
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 […]
Working in a mystery tradition that will cause genre aficionados to think of such classic sleuths as Melville Davisson Posts Uncle Abner or Robert van Guliks Judge Dee, Alexander McCall Smith creates an African detective, Precious Ramotswe, whos their full-fledged heir. Its the detective as folk hero, solving crimes through an innate, self-possessed wisdom that, […]