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Description

In the latest installment of this infinitely enjoyable and best-selling series, Precious Ramotswe is doing what she does best--helping people with their problems and enjoying the simple pleasures of life. Mma Ramotswe is busy investigating her latest case: a woman who is looking for her... read more

Memorable Quotes

  • “Mma Ramotswe was right: evil repaid with retribution, with punishment, had achieved half its goal; evil repaid with kindness was shown to be what it really was, a small,petty thing, not something frightening at all, but something pitiable, a paltry affair.”

First Sentence

The correct address of Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's foremost solver of problems--in the sense that this was where she could be found between eight in the morning and five in the afternoon, expcept when she was not there--was The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, c/o Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, Gabarone, Botswana.

Series

This is book 9 in the The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Alexander McCall Smith (Author)
 

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