by Alexander McCall Smith · Abacus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349116655
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«Tears of the Giraffe» is the mystery and humor novel by Alexander McCall Smith, published by Abacus in paperback (224 pages, in English).
Precious Ramotswe, owner of Botswana's only detective agency, deals with wayward wives, unreliable domestic staff and the case of a missing son in the Kalahari. She also finalizes her wedding to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, promotes her secretary to assistant detective and welcomes two new members into her family.
It is the second installment of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith. This edition was published in 2003.
For mystery readers who appreciate humor and stories set 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.
