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Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Working in Gaborone, Botswana, 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.
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 5
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Still engaged to the estimable Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, Mma Ramotswe understands that she should not put too much pressure on him, as he has other concerns, especially a hair-raising request from the ever persuasive Mma Potokwane, matron of the orphan farm. Besides Mma Ramotswe herself has weighty matters on her mind. She has been approached by a wealthy lady to check up on several suitors. Are these men interested in the lady or just her money?
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 4
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Now that the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is firmly established, founder Precious Ramotswe faces new challenges at home and at work--from problems with her adopted son to a sexist rival who is opening a detective agency across town.
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 24
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mma Ramotswe and Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni are enjoying a nice meal out at a peri-peri restaurant when an American woman named Julia approaches seeking Mma Ramotswe’s help. Julia’s beloved late grandfather was Botswanan, and he instilled in her an abiding love of his homeland. Now, years after his passing, Julia has come to visit the land he had spoken of so often and to find her relatives. Unfortunately, her grandfather’s stories, while charming...
Author
Series
Precious Ramotswe mystery volume 2
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Precious Ramotswe makes friends with two new children at her school and is more than willing to ply her burgeoning detective skills by helping them find their missing cow.
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 6
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Precious Ramotswe finds herself overburdened at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and faces more complications when she finds a strange intruder in her house and a mysterious pumpkin in her yard.
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 9
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Investigating her latest case, Mma Ramotswe has to trek to a game preserve, where she rediscovers the breathtaking beauty of her beloved Botswana. She is there to uncover the truth about an elderly American traveller whose safari proved to be his last journey. What she discovers is a surprise to everyone concerned. Meanwhile, problems are also brewing back at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Mma Makutsi has instituted the Complaint Half Hour in...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 16
Pub. Date
2015
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...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 13
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
Author
Series
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
Precious Ramotswe, founder and owner of the only detective agency for the concerns of both ladies and others, investigates the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important "Government Man," and the moral character of the four finalists of the Miss Beauty and Integrity Contest, the winner of which will almost certainly be a contestant for the title of Miss Botswana.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The Okavango makes Precious appreciate once again the beauty of her homeland. However, it is also home to rival safari operators, fearsome crocodiles and disgruntled hippopotamuses. Mma Makutdi still does not have a date for her wedding but Precious knows a wide river will make its way round any obstacle, things will work out for the best.
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 17
Language
English
Description
Precious Ramotswe and Grace Makutsi help a young woman on a quest to find someone from her past. --Publisher
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 15
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mma Ramotswe has her hands full both at home and in the office. To add to her current challenges, her devoted partner, Grace Makutsi, has decided to branch out on her own and open The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe. But even "Miss 97 Per Cent" can't quite meet all the demands of running a business--not to mention those that a lightning strike makes on her building. Eventually, she'll have to accept all the help she can get--even if it comes from a completely...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 10
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Mma Ramotswe's ever-ready tiny white van has recently developed a rather disturbing noise. Of course, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni--her estimable husband and one of Botswana's most talented mechanics-'"is the man to turn to for help. But Precious suspects he might simply condemn the van and replace it with something more modern. And as usual, her suspicions are well-founded: without telling her, he sells the van and saddles his wife with a new, characterless...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 21
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
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,...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 12
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hoping to reclaim a van that was featured in a possibly prophetic dream, Precious and Grace find themselves helping an apprentice of Phuti Radiphuti, investigating a cattle poisoning, and considering Grace's possible marriage to Phuti.
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 8
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Precious Ramotswe's husband, J.L.B. Matekoni plans to do something special for their adopted daughter, but when his plans hit some snags he's happy to be married to resourceful and understanding Precious.
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 7
Language
English
Description
First a cobra appears in Precious Ramotswe's office; then a nurse from the medical clinic reveals to Mma Ramotswe about faulty blood-pressure readings being recorded there. Later, it looks as though Aunty Emang, the advice columnist in the local newspaper, may not be what she seems.
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 2
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Among her cases this time are wayward wives, unscrupulous maids, and the challenge to resolve a mother's pain for her son who is long lost on the African plains. Indeed, Mma Ramotswe's own impending marriage to the most gentlemanly of men, Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, the promotion of Mma's secretary to the dizzy heights of Assistant Detective, and the arrival of new members to the Matekoni family, all brew up the most humorous and charmingly entertaining...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 14
Language
English
Description
Precious Ramotswe is approached by the lawyer Mma Sheba, who is the executor of a deceased farmer's estate. Mma Sheba has a feeling that a young man may be impersonating the farmer's nephew in order to claim his inheritance. Then the proprietor of the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon comes to Mma Ramotswe for advice. Rumors are swirling that the salon is using products that burn people's skin. Is someone trying to put the salon out of business? Meanwhile,...
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