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

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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Mystery McCall No.1
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- author.
Contributor:
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Series:
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series ; bk. 1.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series ; Book 1
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Botswana.
Botswana--Fiction.
Ramotswe, Precious (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Ramotswe, Precious.
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization)--Fiction.
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization).
Women private investigators--Botswana--Fiction.
Women private investigators.
Botswanna--Fiction.
Ramotswe, Precious (Fictitious character).
Genre:
Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Cozy mysteries.
Penn Provenance:
Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
Physical Description:
235 pages ; 21 cm
Edition:
First Anchor books edition.
Other Title:
Number One Ladies' Detective Agency
Place of Publication:
New York : Anchor Books, 2002.
Summary:
This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith₂s 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 ₃help people with problems in their lives.₄ 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.
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.
Notes:
Previously published, 1998.
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Gift of Ellen L. Rose.
Cited in:
Gelman, Judy. The book club cookbook 295
ISBN:
1400034779
9781400034772
9781400031344
1400031346
9780307456632
0307456633
9780375423871
0375423877
0748662529
9780748662524
OCLC:
49403832

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