by Alexander McCall Smith · Umbriel · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495618399
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«Las lágrimas de la jirafa» is the mystery novel by Alexander McCall Smith, published by Umbriel in paperback (200 pages, in Spanish).
Precious Ramotswe, owner of Botswana's first female detective agency, investigates the disappearance of a young man in the Kalahari Desert. She takes on the case while juggling wedding preparations with J.L.B. Matekoni and the arrival of two children at her home. The story blends mystery with humor and warmth to portray life in Botswana.
Second installment of the «No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency» series, originally published as «Tears of the Giraffe» in 2000. Translated by Marta Torent López de Lamadrid.
For readers of slice-of-life mystery and stories featuring charismatic women in Botswana.
Sir Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith is a Scottish legal scholar and author of fiction. He was born and brought up in Southern Rhodesia and was formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law and bioethics and served on related British and international committees. He has since become known as a fiction writer, with sales in English exceeding 40 million by 2010 and translations into 46 languages. He is known as the creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. The "McCall" derives from his great-great-grandmother Bethea McCall, who married James Smith at Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, in 1833.
