The one with the boy who might have been raised by lionsFacing financial trouble, the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency is obliged to move into the same premises as Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. And on top of her domestic complications with...

It is summer in Edinburgh and Isabel Dalhousie is once again caught between 'gossip' and significant rumour. It is none of her business that Patricia, the mother of her son Charlie's little friend Basil, is estranged from Basil's father,...

The one where Mma Makutsi has a love rival Mma Makutsi's engagement to Phuti Radiphuti has progressed smoothly so far but suddenly there is trouble in the form of glamorous, empty-headed Violet Sephotho, who has set her sights on her...

Sunshine on Scotland Street: 44 Scotland Street Series (8) von Smith, Alexander Mccall

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...

With his characteristic warmth, inventiveness and brilliant wit, Alexander McCall Smith gives us more of the gloriously entertaining comings and goings at 44 Scotland Street, the Edinburgh townhouse. Six-year-old prodigy Bertie...

THE ONE WITH MMA RAMOTSWE'S SUMMER HOLIDAY'Hugely enjoyable' Sunday Times Mma Ramotswe is taking a break, leaving important tasks in the capable hands of Mma Makutsi, co-director of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. But Mma Ramotswe...

'Wonderfully soothing and relaxing' TelegraphUlf Varg works in Malmö's Department of Sensitive Crimes. Like all Scandinavian detectives, he has his issues. In this case, these include his unresolved feelings for his colleague, Anna, and...

Spring is coming slowly to Sweden - though not quite as slowly as Detective Ulf Varg's promised promotion at the Department of Sensitive Crimes. For Varg, referred by his psychoanalyst to group therapy at Malmö's Wholeness Centre, life...

"Quartet in Autumn" von Barbara Pym, nicht Alexander McCall Smith, ist ein Roman, der erstmals 1977 veröffentlicht wurde. Das Buch handelt von vier älteren alleinstehenden Menschen – Letty, Marcia, Norman und Edwin – die zusammen in...

The one with the difficult auntThe no.1 lady detectives of Botswana travel to a safari lodge in the Okavango Delta to carry out a delicate mission on behalf of a former guest. It is a beautiful place full of dangerous, untamed creatures...

The one with the witch who flew awayMma Ramotswe is happily married to Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, but her work seems more hectic than ever. Among a raft of cases coming the way of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency are blackmail, witchcraft,...