Synopsis Precious Ramotswe, the humane and insightful detective of Alexander McCall Smith's beloved and bestselling NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE series, returns for an eighth mystery, this one revolving around the mysterious deaths at a local hospital. As always in Smith's fiction the delicate interplay of psychology and culture is masterfully and humorously articulated.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2008-03-11 | | Series: | No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 213 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 9.6 oz |
Publisher's Note Things go badly awry for Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni when he sets out to do something special for their adopted daughter, Motholeli, and it is up to his wife, Mma Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, to extricate him from his problems. Reprint. 200,000 first printing.
Industry Reviews "The author's subtlety of touch and humane portrayal of figures at all levels of society will continue to win him new readers even as his deepening of the ties binding the main figures will satisfy those who have followed the lady detectives from their first recorded case." (02/26/2007)
"[A]s pleasing as a cup of red bush tea." (04/20/2007)
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