The Cleverness of Ladies

There Are Times When Ladies Must Use All Their Wisdom And Good Sense To Face Life's Problems And Mysteries. Mma Ramotswe, Owner Of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Keeps Her Wits About Her As She Looks Into Why The Country's Star Goalkeeper Isn't Saving Goals. Georgina Turns Her Rudeness Into A Virtue When She Opens A Successful Hotel. Italian Shop-keeper Fabrizia Shows Her Bravery When Her Husband Betrays Her. And In Suffolk During The Second World War, Gentle La Proves That Music Really Can Make A Difference. With His Trademark Gift For Storytelling, International Bestselling Author Alexander Mccall Smith Brings Us Five Tales Of Love, Heartbreak, Hope And The Cleverness Of Ladies. 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.From the Trade Paperback edition. Glorious short stories from international bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, in a collection written especially for World Book Day. There are times when ladies must use all their wisdom and good sense to face life's problems and mysteries. Mma Ramotswe, owner of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, keeps her wits about her as she looks into why the country's star goalkeeper isn't saving goals. Georgina turns her rudeness into a virtue when she opens a successful hotel. Italian shop-keeper Fabrizia shows her bravery when her husband betrays her. And in Suffolk during the Second World War, gentle La proves that music really can make a difference. With his trademark gift for storytelling, Alexander McCall Smith brings us five tales of love, heartbreak, hope and the cleverness of ladies. "Ramotswe has opened Botswana's first and only detective agency staffed by women. Smith traverses this landscape with an air of simplicity, euphony, and harmony, never patronizing Precious and never boring the reader. I loved every word."--Barbara Peters, The Poisoned Pen, Scottsdale, Arizona. An International Book of the Year for 1998 Sleuth Precious Ramotswe, who works in Gaborone, Botswana, investigates several local mysteries, including a search for a missing boy and the case of the clinic doctor with different personalities for different days of the week Working in Gaborone, Botswana, sleuth Precious Ramotswe investigates several local mysteries, including a search for a missing boy and the case of the clinic doctor with different personalities for different days of the week