by Alexander McCall Smith · Abacus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349119953
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In the ninth book in the beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Mma Ramotswe faces new challenges. For the first time in her career, she receives a threatening letter that tests her faith in the goodness of humanity. She must also help an orphan find her true family. Meanwhile, Mma Ramotswe's husband, Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni, seeks a miraculous cure for their foster daughter, Motholeli. With her characteristic grace and good humor, Mma Ramotswe discovers that the greatest miracles are often found in the small things in life.
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.
