TY - BOOK AU - McCall Smith Alexander TI - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency SN - 1400034779 (pbk.) AV - PR6063.C326 U1 - 823/.914 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - Anchor Books KW - Ramotswe Precious Fictitious character KW - Fiction KW - No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Imaginary organization KW - Women private investigators KW - Botswana KW - Mystery fiction N2 - This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith₂s 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 ₃help people with problems in their lives.₄ 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random051/2002018694.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random045/2002018694.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0414/2002018694.html ER -