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product_id: 7416453
title: "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Book 1)"
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price: "¥3440"
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# The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Book 1)

**Brand:** alexander mccall smith
**Price:** ¥3440
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- **What is this?** The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Book 1) by alexander mccall smith
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Book 1)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Excellent Book
  

*by B***N on Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2024*

While I have never been to Africa personally, my parents spent time there, and I read this book to my Mother, who verified many of the facts to me. This book has several episodic detective cases, along with a large case and a live interest story which arc over the whole book. While it has some scary parts, overall the book is heartwarming. Clearly the main character, and the author, love Africa and it's people.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Easy Reading
  

*by J***K on Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2024*

A good easy to read book with just enough changes in story line to keep the reader interested.  Some of the changes are quick and seemingly disconnected, but the author pulls the pieces together rather neatly at the end.  Easy to see why this became a series.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    HUMOROUSLY BRILLIANT!!
  

*by L***A on Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2020*

“Don’t disregard a hunch. Hunches are another form of knowledge.” —Alexander McCall Smith, No 1 Ladies Detective AgencyThe ‘No 1 Ladies Detective Agency’ series is truly a love story of Africa! Book one is a heartfelt, emotional, humorous story about the adventures of Mma [Madam] Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. With the help of her associates and friends, Mma Ramotswe navigates her cases and personal life with a great deal of wisdom, creativity, and humor, not to mention an occasional cup of Bush tea. You’ll fall in love with this confident, stubborn, self assured, modern woman full of love for her country.I find it most interesting that the author of this delightful series, Alexander “Sandy" McCall Smith (McCall-Smith being his surname), is male, especially since he has managed to brilliantly write a very strong feminine voice perspective, a voice that I would have expected more from a female author. McCall Smith, a British-Zimbabwean writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh, is internationally known as a writer of fiction. He is an excellent gifted writer and storyteller, and this book is both educational and humorous. His interesting characters definitely do not disappoint. There is a bit of a plot hole that went unanswered at the end of book one, involving the superstitions of black medicine, but perhaps this was on purpose, leading into future storylines in one of the series 19 books. It’s a great read, so enjoy!!“Every man has a map in his heart of his own country and … the heart will never allow you to forget this map.” —Alexander McCall Smith, No 1 Ladies Detective Agency“There is no difference between white men and black men; we are all the same; we are just people.” —Alexander McCall Smith, No 1 Ladies Detective Agency“If we could go back and know then what we know now, … my goodness, I would live my life differently!” —Alexander McCall Smith, No 1 Ladies Detective Agency“How sorry she felt for white people, … who were always dashing around and worrying themselves over things that were going to happen anyway. What use was it having all that money if you could never sit still?”  —Alexander McCall Smith, No 1 Ladies Detective Agency

## Frequently Bought Together

- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Book 1)
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