by Alexander McCall Smith · Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780748662524
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«The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency» is the mystery novel by Alexander McCall Smith, published by Polygon in paperback (256 pages, in English).
In Botswana, Precious Ramotswe runs the number one detective agency in Gaborone and deals with missing husbands, rebellious daughters, con artists and impostors. The search for a lost child leads her into dangerous situations, in a novel that blends tragedy and humor.
First installment of the «No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency» series, originally published in 1998.
For mystery readers looking for a light plot with a charismatic detective and an unusual setting.
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.
