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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is the first novel in Alexander McCall Smith's widely acclaimed 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series. This story follows the delightfully cunning and engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to 'help people with problems in their lives.' Ramotswe immediately takes on the case of a missing husband, a con man, and a wayward daughter. However, 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. The novel received two Booker Judges' Special Recommendations and was voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times Literary Supplement. From the Trade Paperback edition.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Alexander McCall Smith
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