NO.1 LADIES'DET AGNCY(TODAY#9)(ISBN=9781400034772)

　　Review
　　'Everything about [McCall Smith] is appealing. He's just full of delight - it just bubbles out of him' SUNDAY HERALD 'Indeed, the effort involved would have been justified by just one of them, THE NO.1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY' Gerald Kaufman, Chairman of the 1999 BOOKER Prize Jury 'A rare pleasure' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A publishing phenomenon' GUARDIAN

　　Anthony Daniels, Sunday Telegraph
　　The author's prose has the merits of simplicity, euphony and precision. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

　　Scotland on Sunday
　　Highly amusing, intelligent and heart-warming --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

　　John Lewell, Femaledetective.com
　　Why is this novel so good?…It is almost impossible to pin down such an inspired invention. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

　　Barbara Peters, The Poisoned Pen
　　Practical, non-judgemental, filled with laughter but determination, Precious never quails....I loved every word. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

　　This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith's widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to "help people with problems in their lives." Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefront in Gaborone, she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. But the case that tugs at her heart, and lands her in danger, is a missing eleven-year-old boy, who may have been snatched by witchdoctors. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency received two Booker Judges' Special Recommendations and was voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the "Times Literary Supplement."

　　Alexander McCall Smith is a professor of medical law at Edinburgh University. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and taught law at the University of Botswana. He is the author of over fifty books on a wide range of subjects, including specialist titles such as Forensic Aspects of Sleep and The Criminal Law of Botswana, children's books such as The Perfect Hamburger, and a collection of stories called Portuguese Irregular Verbs. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.