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. Luckily, a slower pace in life is her natural...

In the latest entertaining and hilarious Professor Dr Dr Moritz-Maria Von Igelfeld novel, our hopelessly out-of-touch hero is forced to confront uppity librarians, the rector of the university and a possible hostile takeover, all while...

The one where it all beginsMma Ramotswe is the proud proprieter 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...

Precious and Grace von Smith, Alexander Mccall

As well as its advantages, there are drawbacks to the enlightened village that is twenty-first-century Edinburgh, where every Saturday night ears burn at dinner parties across the city, and anyone requiring the investigative abilities of...

„Ein Krokodil für Mma Ramotswe“ ist der erste Band der beliebten Krimireihe „No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency“ von Alexander McCall Smith, nicht Gerda Bean. Das Buch spielt in Botswana und folgt der klugen und entschlossenen Mma Precious...

The one with the other Mma Ramotswe [ADD QUOTE]The dismissal of an employee at a thriving local business leads to an investigation by Precious Ramotswe and self-appointed Principle Investigating Officer Grace Makutsi. But Mma Ramotswe...

Readers who fell in love with Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, now have new cause for celebration in the protagonist of these three light-footed comic novels by Alexander McCall Smith. Welcome to the...

ISABEL DALHOUSIE - Book 4 Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the bestselling Isabel Dalhousie series of novels featuring the insatiably curious philosopher and woman detective. Whether investigating a case or a problem of...

Suspicion, it seems to Detective Ulf Varg, is everywhere. Even he, a respected police officer, is not beyond its grip. Not when it comes to things he loves, such as his dog Martin, whose bizarre scuffle with a troublesome squirrel has...

When Pat Macgregor meets her narcissistic ex-boyfriend Bruce for a coffee, the last thing she expects is to be propositioned: with the idea of going into business with him. Elsewhere, embarrassment ensues at a bookshop when Pat's boss at...

Readers who fell in love with Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, now have new cause for celebration in the protagonist of these three light-footed comic novels by Alexander McCall Smith. Welcome to the...