No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
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Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 1
Publisher
Anchor Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The cunning and engaging Precious Ramotswe sets up shop in a small storefront in Gaborone, hoping to become a private detective, and she soon has more business than she expected, including a disturbing case involving a missing child.
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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Precious Ramotswe, owner and operator of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency in contemporary Botswana, accepts a job searching for a missing American man, while also dealing with her impending marriage, and her fiance's resentful maid.
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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 3
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2002, c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Private investigator Precious Ramotswe attempts to find out who poisoned the brother of an important government official in Botswana, while probing the moral integrity of a group of beauty contestants, and worrying about money and her fiance's health.
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Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 4
Publisher
Center Point Publishing
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
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Series
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Precious Ramotswe, owner of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency in Botswana, wonders about the direction of her relationship with her boyfriend, while investigating the suitors of a wealthy entrepreneur in an attempt to determine whether they are after the woman's heart or her money.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Precious Ramotswe, owner of Botswana's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, finds herself beset with problems with a strange intruder in her house, the mysterious appearance of a pumpkin, the desertion of one of her husband's apprentices, and a visitor bearing secrets from the past.
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English
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Precious Ramotswe, owner of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency in Botswana, finds herself with multiple mysteries on her hands, not the least of which is the failure of her assistant Grace Makutsi's fiance to show up for his and Grace's regular dinner date.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only female detective, juggles three cases, including suspicious deaths at a local hospital, a allegedly cheating husband, and a theft at a print shop, while at the same time trying to deal with the abrupt resignation of her assistant, and a request from her auto repairman husband to join her firm.
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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 11
Language
English
Description
Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi travel to the north of Botswana, to the stunning Okavango Delta, to visit a safari lodge where there have been several unexplained and troubling events--including the demise of one of the guests.
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English
Description
Precious Ramotswe learns that her old van is still up and running and sets out to get it back, but first she needs to team up with Grace Makutsi, whose relationship with Phuti Radiphuti is progressing toward wedding bells, to help a couple whose would-be groom has fled his own shot-gun wedding, solve a case in which cattle are being poisoned, and more.
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English
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"Precious Ramotswe is back and, as usual, her plate is full! She's called in to tackle a mysterious disciplinary problem at her adopted daughter's school...Her infinitely trustworthy assistant, Grace Makutsi, is having trouble adjusting to wedded bliss, a problem to test even the formidable talents of Mma Ramotswe...And the estimable Clovis Andersen, author of The Principles of Private Investigation--the No. 1 Ladies' prized manual--has arrived, right...
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Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series is moving to the fall! In the latest book in the beloved best-selling series of mysteries set in Botswana, Mma Ramotswe is asked to help the proprietor of the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon, who is having trouble with her business. The salon has suffered some unfortunate events, including face cream that burns the skin. Could someone be trying to put the salon out of business? Meanwhile, on the home front,...
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English
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"The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency has never before had to help a client find herself. A kindhearted brother and sister have taken in a woman known only as "Mrs." --- a woman with no memory of her name or of how she came to Botswana. And so it's up to Precious Ramotswe and her new co-director, Grace Makutsi, to discover the woman's identity. Meanwhile, as Mma Makutsi settles into her role as partner at the agency, she also launches a new enterprise...
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Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 16
Language
English
Description
Business is slow at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, so slow in fact that for the first time in her estimable career Precious Ramotswe has reluctantly agreed to take a holiday. The promise of a week of uninterrupted peace is short-lived, however, when she meets a young boy named Samuel, a troublemaker who is himself in some trouble. Once she learns more about Samuel's sad story, Mma Ramotswe feels compelled to step in and help him find his way...
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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 17
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The delightful seventeenth installment of the ever-popular, perennially best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective, is a little short on help. The co-director of the agency, Grace Makutsi, is busy with her own case, her client none other than their erstwhile assistant, Mr. Polopetsi, who has unwittingly involved himself in a pyramid scheme. The agency's other assistant, Charlie, may also...
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Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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"Precious Ramotswe learns valuable lessons about first impressions and forgiveness in this latest installment of the beloved and best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi are approached by their part-time colleague, Mr. Polopetsi, with a troubling story: a woman, accused of being rude to a valued customer, has been wrongly dismissed from her job at an office furniture store. Never one to let an act of injustice...
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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 19
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Precious Ramotswe dips her toe into the world of politics in the newest addition to the beloved and best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. When Mma Potokwane suggests to Mma Ramotswe that she run for a seat on the City Council, Mma Ramotswe is at first unsure. But when she learns about the proposed construction of the flashy Big Fun Hotel next to a graveyard, she allows herself to be persuaded. Her opponent is none other than Violet Sephotho,...
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Series
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In the latest book in the widely beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Precious Ramotswe takes on a case for a childhood acquaintance but her inquiries will require an even more delicate touch than usual. Mma Ramotswe reconnects with an old friend who has been having problems with her daughter. Though Precious feels compelled to lend a hand, she discovers that getting involved in family affairs is always a delicate proposion. Mr. J.L.B....
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English
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As the temperature rises in Gaborone, Precious Ramotswe, founder of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, wonders whether the heat could be the reason that business is particularly slow. But then a distant cousin of Mma Ramotswe's comes to the agency with a plea for help and the ladies decide to pursue the issue together. Armed with Mma Ramotswe's circumspection and Mma Makutsi's sharp eye, they proceed with confidence and open hearts. What, after all,...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni attends a course hosted by the local chamber of commerce entitled Where Is Your Business Going? But rather than feeling energized, he comes back in low spirits, unsure how to grow the already venerable and successful Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. Then an old friend from school approaches him about a new business venture that could be just the ticket. When it turns out he will need to mortgage his property in order to pursue this...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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In this latest installment in the beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Grace Makutsi encounters a pair of quandaries that will require all of her and Mma Ramotswe's cleverness and generosity to resolve. Grace Makutsi's husband, Phuti, is in a bind. An international firm is attempting to undercut his prices in the office furniture market. Phuti has always been concerned with quality and comfort, but this new firm seems interested only in...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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If you are the founder and managing director of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, you may expect complete strangers to approach you with their problems when they see you having dinner with your husband in a peri-peri restaurant. And if you are Precious Ramotswe, you are a kind and helpful person who will be willing to take on a quest to find the relatives of a man who, many years ago, left the country for the uncertainties and dangers of a distant...