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100	1		_aMcCall Smith Alexander _d1948 _9250602
245	1	4	_aThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency / _cAlexander McCall Smith.
246	3		_aNumber One Ladies' Detective Agency
250			_a1st Anchor Books ed.
260			_aNew York : _bAnchor Books, _c2002.
300			_a235 p. ; _c21 cm.
520			_aThis 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.
650		0	_aRamotswe Precious Fictitious character _vFiction _9392461
650		0	_aNo 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Imaginary organization _vFiction _9250600
650		0	_aWomen private investigators _zBotswana _vFiction _9250599
651		0	_aBotswana _vFiction _9392462
655		7	_aMystery fiction.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random051/2002018694.html
856	4	2	_3Sample text _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random045/2002018694.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0414/2002018694.html
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