About this title: This newest entry in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series continues the adventures of Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's leading, and only, female private detective. Her personal life, busy agency, and unusual cases are always fascinating--and highly entertaining.
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Description: Good. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781400075713ISBN:1400075718
Description: Good. Used item may show library stamps, stickers and marks. Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Edition: Book Club
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN-13:9780375422720ISBN:0375422722
Description: Used in Good jacket. Good dust jacket with light edge wear and scuffing. Tight with clean pages, does not appear to have been read. This book is a Book Club Edition. Good reading copy. We ship daily. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 2006-04-18
ISBN-13:9780375422720ISBN:0375422722
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. VG/VG. Very Good Hardcover book with Very Good Dust Jacket. Binding tight and straight. Pages clean and unmarked. read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780375422720ISBN:0375422722
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. Very nice clean ex-library book with dust jacket. Pages are clean and the binding is tight! Some books may be ex-library books. read more
Edition: Stated First American
Binding: Very Good
Publisher: Pantheon, New York
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780375422720ISBN:0375422722
Description: Very Good in Fair to Good jacket. Hardcover Fiction Mystery: An entry in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series featuring Precious Ramotswe and her collegues. The book is in very good shape, but the dj is tarnished, especially on the back. read more
Edition: Hardcover Stated First American
Binding: Very Good
Publisher: Pantheon, New York
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780375422720ISBN:0375422722
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hardcover Fiction Mystery: A mystery featuring the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and all the usual characters in an excellent hardcover first American edition. read more
Description: Very Good. 1400075718 Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light curve to the spine / light reading creases to the covers. read more
Description: Good. 0676976247 EX LIB. BOOK-BOOK COCKED-EXPECTED WEAR MARKS STICKERS ETC-DELIVERY CONFIRMATION INCLUDED DELIVERY CONFIRMATION INCLUDED. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780739474570ISBN:073947457X
Description: New. Book is new, never used! Book will be packaged with care for a safe journey! *** 13 Years of online selling experience! ! **** Customer satisfaction guaranteed! read more
"This volume in the popular No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series is one that will keep readers hopping as it seems like everyone is looking for help from the agency.
One of the more interesting cases is brought to her by Botelo Mampodi, a nurse who has some concerns that the doctor she works for might not totally on the up-and-up as he seems to be excluding her from portions of exams that she normally would be involved with. Mma Ramotswe remembers the last time she had to deal with a doctor with questionable ethics and opts to take on the case for the greater good even as she knows that Mma Mampodi will not be able to pay her fro the work.
Then there is a case Mma Ramotswe is hired by Poppy Maope for. She works a the food fall at the local college, and she believes the head chef might be stealing food to bring home. The only problem is that the chef is Poppy's boss, and she is concerned that she will be fired if she reports the chef.
The manager of a nearby animal preserve also decides to contact the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency for assistance. In this case, his workers are struggling with an overpowering fear. Unfortunately, no one is willing to come forward and highlight the root of the problem so it will be up Mma Ramotswe to sort it out so everyone can get back to work.
Of course, there is always the interesting personal lives of the primary characters to enrich the tale even further. Grace Makutsi, the awkward and talented assistant detective has recently become engaged to the successful furniture store owner Phuti Radiphuti. Mr. Radiphuti is a traditionalist, and Mma Makutsi makes the mistake of highlighting that all women are feminists. She can't help but worry whether that statement might drive her fiance away.
One of the newest characters to the series, Mr. Polopetsi, who has been hired on at Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni's garage, is still dealing with the consequences of being wrongly jailed. He has been fortunate in that Mma Ramotswe and her friends and family seem more than willing to help, but his own family is less understanding. He would love to have a new car, but his uncle is unwilling to provide him with a lone.
Finally, everyone is also starting to wonder if either of Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni's apprentices will finish up there time with the garage. While they seem to be able to do the work, they are quite lazy ... even with the watchful eye of Mma Makutse.
This book nicely balance the personal lives of the characters with the interesting cases they are drawn into. Grace Makutsi quickly became a favorite character of mine, and she is really given a chance to shine in this story. Mma Ramotswe is also able to figure anything out with some logic and a little common sense. This is another nice addition to the series."
"Mma Ramotswe is back and it is a real pleasure to sit down and become part of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. This addition to the series does not fall short of expectations. The reader is treated to matters of mystery large and small and the intuitive reasonings of Mma Ramotswe and her assitant Mma Makutsi. Smith's writing is truely compassionate and heart warming. Although we have people committing blackmail, lying, cheating and hurting one another, we have Mma Ramotswe who through her gentle, compassionate ways gets to the bottom of these matters with often life lessons imparted. It is not the "action" that matters in these books as they are not created to be page turners, but slowly savored for the descriptive quality of the writing which includes glorious passages about Africa itself. Often, Mma or her husband Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni are described as sitting quietly pondering the days events and we the reader find ourselves almost doing the same as we ponder the characters, their lives and the country they live in. A wonderful novel which was a pleasure to read."
"Having read several of Alexander McCall Smith's books pertaining to the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, I continue to be amazed at Professor Smith's brillantly colorful use of language, gentle sense of humor and flavorful descriptions of the Zimbabwe backdrop in which this story, as so many of his other ones, unravels. I am even more amazed that he is still able to portray his main character so convincingly (he writes in the first person) especially since the main character is a woman ... and one who is a bit cynical about men, though forgivingly so. He has written ten books in this series, with this same protagonist, Precious Ramotswe, a woman who against all odds has opened a detective agency in her native African town, and I have read almost all of them.
I always read these particular books more slowly than I do the usual detective story, so as to savor what always seems to end up being a beautifully written and affectionate story about how people live and relate to one another, what customs and mores they follow in Botswana, and how yet more adventures (including evil omens, removing cobras from the front office, whistleblowing and blackmail) are about to be unraveled in the African countryside. As expected, this book too was a pleasure to read."
"This book is a bit on the darker side, as compared to the one before it. But, it's not like the book doesn't have its lighter moments. I made a comment in my last review calling Mma Matuski "Mma Ninety-seven per cent", and our dear #1 ladies' detective also called her such (privately, of course). (hah!) The book appears to be one of lessons learned, whether it's recognizing a weakness for fashionable shoes, or wanting to help so much one forgets common sense. It almost seems like this is the 'back to school' book. :D"
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