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The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party

The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party

by Alexander McCall Smith

  • MYSTERY
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

The twelfth installment in the best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series follows more of the adventures of Precious Ramotswe and Grace Makutsi in Botswana. (BOT40, $14.95)

The Double Comfort Safari Club

The Double Comfort Safari Club

by Alexander McCall Smith

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 211 PAGES

The infinitely patient Precious Ramotswe and secretary (make that assistant detective!) Grace Makutsi travel to the Okavango in this delightful 11th book in the enjoyable series. (BOT38, $15.00)

Tea Time for the Traditionally Built

Tea Time for the Traditionally Built

by Alexander McCall Smith

  • MYSTERY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

In this 10th installment in the series, Mma Ramotswe is hired by the local football team to investigate their losing streak. (BOT33, $14.00)

The Miracle at Speedy Motors

The Miracle at Speedy Motors

by Alexander McCall Smith

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

Ever exuberant, McCall Smith once again channels the life and world view of a certain Precious Ramotswe in this ninth installment of the endlessly pleasurable No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. (BOT31, $14.95)

The Good Husband of Zebra Drive

by Alexander McCall Smith

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

This latest novel gives assistant sleuth Grace Makutski an opportunity to shine -- along with Mma Ramotswe's darling husband (who wonders if he is exciting enough for her). (BOT27, $14.95)

Blue Shoes and Happiness

Blue Shoes and Happiness

by Alexander McCall Smith

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

The seventh installment in McCall-Smith's best-selling series, in which blue shoes (or other possessions) are not the road to happiness. (BOT25, $14.00)

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies

by Alexander McCall Smith

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 233 PAGES

In this the sixth installment of McCall Smith's delightful series, our hero Precious Ramotswe encounters an assortment of troubles, which she handles with her characteristic aplomb. (BOT22, $14.95)

The Full Cupboard of Life

The Full Cupboard of Life

by Alexander McCall Smith

  • MYSTERY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 198 PAGES

The fifth episode in the ongoing adventures of Mma Ramotswe. (BOT19, $14.95)

The Kalahari Typing School for Men

The Kalahari Typing School for Men

by Alexander McCall Smith

  • MYSTERY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 191 PAGES

The fourth in the enormously pleasurable series firmly grounded in the culture, foilkways and landscapes of southern Africa. (BOT17, $14.00)

Morality for Beautiful Girls

Morality for Beautiful Girls

by Alexander McCall Smith

  • MYSTERY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 225 PAGES

The continuing adventures of Mma Ramotswe and her No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. (BOT12, $14.95)

Tears of the Giraffe

Tears of the Giraffe

by Alexander McCall Smith

  • MYSTERY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 202 PAGES

More from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. (BOT11, $14.95)

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

by Alexander McCall Smith

  • MYSTERY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 235 PAGES

The delightful introduction to Botswana's formidable female detective, evoking the cultures, customs and texture of Africa. (BOT10, $13.95)

The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection

The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection

by Alexander McCall Smith

  • LITERATURE
  • 2012
  • HARD COVER
  • 257 PAGES

Precious Ramotswe's mentor, the esteemed Clovis Andersen, author of The Principles of Private Investigation, arrives in Botswana in this 13th book in the atmospheric series, as strong as ever on local society and manners. (BOT44, $24.95)

 
The Great Cake Mystery, Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case

The Great Cake Mystery, Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case


by Alexander McCall Smith

  • MYSTERY
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 73 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

McCall Smith follows on from the success of his No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, by offering this charming prequel in which the reader catches up with the agency's top detective, Precious Ramotswe, as a crime-busting child in Botswana. (AFR299, $6.99)

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