by Alexander McCall Smith · Abacus/Little, Brown Book · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349120997
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«The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency» is the mystery novel by Alexander McCall Smith, in paperback, published by Abacus (256 pages, in English).
The novel introduces Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's first female private detective, who works from a modest office in Gaborone. With intuition, common sense and empathy, the protagonist investigates disappearances, infidelities, rebellious daughters and small scams, with the help of mechanic J. L. B. Matekoni, owner of Speedy Motors.
First installment of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. TV Tie-in edition, linked to the television adaptation starring Jill Scott and directed by Anthony Minghella.
For readers of warm mystery and character-driven novels set in Africa, as well as for book clubs seeking a series with humor and charm.
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.
