The first book in the bestselling and beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series
The one where it all begins
Mma Ramotswe is the proud proprieter of the finest ladies' detective agency in all Botswana (also the only one). She spends her time, with a cup of redbush tea beneath the acacia tree, waiting for clients. When they come along, whether it is to enquire after a missing spouse or check the identity of a long-lost father, it is not The Principles of Private Detection that helps her to solve cases but old-fashioned common sense and a warm-hearted understanding of the fallibility of human nature -especially that of men.
'Jolly and exhilarating' Sunday Telegraph
'Delightful' Sunday Times
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The first in line of an internationally bestselling series,
The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency is set in Botswana and is a highly original "detective" novel with a unique setting and range of characters . . . the vivid descriptions of Botswana means it becomes, in essence, another character.
A lovely read with a gentle pace that will transport you to a whole other world
