THE NO.1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY

Wayward daughters. Missing husband. Philandering partners. Curious conmen. If youve got a problem and no one else can help you then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe Botswanas only - and finest - female private detective. Her methods may not be conventional and her manner not exatly Miss Marple but shes got warmth wit and canny intuition on her side not to mention Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni the charming proprietor of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. And Precious is going to need them all as she sets out on the trail of a missing child case that tumbles our heroine into a hotbed of strange sitnations and more than a little danger... Delightfully different The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency offers a captivating portrait of an exotic world. I was enchanted by the character of Precious Ramotswe and the sly humour of Alexander McCall Smiths writing - Anthony Minghella Director of The English Patient Forget the library - the body is in the mud hut. Superb - Sunday Times I havet read anything with such unalloyed pleasure for a long time - Sunday Telegraph. A rere Pleasure - Daily Telegraph