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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. <b>The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency</b> received two Booker Judges’ Special Recommendations and was voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the <i>Times Literary Supplement</i>. <i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>

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

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Année de publication
2005
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(souple),
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Titre
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Langue
Anglais
Éditeur
Anchor Books
Publié
2005
Format
souple
Pages
235
ISBN10
140009688X
ISBN13
9781400096886
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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. <b>The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency</b> received two Booker Judges’ Special Recommendations and was voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the <i>Times Literary Supplement</i>. <i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>