The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Av Alexander Mccall Smith

<p><b><h3>The first book in the multi-million copy bestselling No. 1 Ladies'' Detective Agency series</h3></b><br><b><br>The one where it all begins</b><br><br>Mma Ramotswe is the proud proprietor 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 <i>The Principles of Private Detection</i> 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.<br><br><b>''Among the greatest comfort-reads of all time'' <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><b><br>''Jolly and exhilarating''<i> Sunday Telegraph</i></b><br><b><br>''The Miss Marple of Botswana'' <i>New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><b><br>''A publishing phenomenon'' <i>Guardian</i></b></p>