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Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 18
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Precious Ramotswe learns valuable lessons about first impressions and forgiveness in this latest installment of the beloved and best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi are approached by their part-time colleague, Mr. Polopetsi, with a troubling story: a woman, accused of being rude to a valued customer, has been wrongly dismissed from her job at an office furniture store. Never one to let an act of injustice...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 14
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
Precious Ramotswe has her hands full with two puzzling cases. The first concerns a young man hoping to claim his inheritance at his uncle's farm. The farmer's lawyer believes that this self-professed nephew may be falsely impersonating the real heir, and asks Mma Ramotswe to look into his identity. The second involves the just-opened Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon, which has been shadowed by misfortune, from bad omens in the mail to swirling rumors...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 16
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this latest installment of the beloved and best-selling series, Mma Ramotswe must contend with her greatest challenge yet—a vacation!
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...
Author
Series
Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 8
Language
English
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Isabel and her fiancé know who they are and where they come from. But not everybody is so fortunate. Jane Cooper, a visiting Australian philosopher on sabbatical in Edinburgh, has more questions than answers. Adopted at birth, Jane is trying to find her biological father, but all she knows about him is that he was a student in Edinburgh years ago. When she asks for Isabel's help in this seemingly impossible search ... well, of course Isabel obliges....
Author
Series
Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
240 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A new baby brings an abundance of joy to Isabel Dalhousie and her husband, Jamie--but Isabel's almost four-year-old son, Charlie, is none too keen on his newborn brother. In fact, Charlie refuses to acknowledge Magnus, and Isabel must find a way to impress upon her older son the patience and understanding that have served as guiding principles in her own life. These are, of course, the qualities that bring Rosemary Hipple, an old acquaintance of...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 20
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
224 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the latest book in the widely beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Precious Ramotswe takes on a case for a childhood acquaintance but her inquiries will require an even more delicate touch than usual. Mma Ramotswe reconnects with an old friend who has been having problems with her daughter. Though Precious feels compelled to lend a hand, she discovers that getting involved in family affairs is always a delicate proposition. Mr. J.L.B....
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 21
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
242 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mma Ramotswe must balance family obligations with the growing needs of one of Charlie's pet projects in this latest installment in the cherished No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
Precious Ramotswe loves her dependable old van. Yes, sometimes it takes a bit longer to get going now, and it has developed some quirks over the years, but it has always gotten the job done. This time, though, the world--and Charlie--may be asking too much of it, for...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 17
Language
English
Description
"Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective, is a little short on help. The co-director of the agency, Grace Makutsi, is busy with her own case, her client none other than their erstwhile assistant, Mr. Polopetsi, who has unwittingly involved himself in a pyramid scheme. The agency's other assistant, Charlie, may also need more help than he can offer, as he is newly embroiled in a romance with a glamorous woman about whom the others have...
Author
Series
44 Scotland Street volume 11
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bertie's respite from his overbearing mother, Irene, is over. She has returned from the middle-east, only to discover that her son has been exposed to the worst evils of cartoons, movies and Irn Bru, and her wrath falls upon her unfortunate husband, Stuart. Meanwhile, Bruce has fallen in love with someone other than himself; Big Lou wants to adopt her beloved Finlay; Matthew and Elspeth host the Duke of Johannesburg for supper and Bertie decides he...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 19
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
228 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
When Mma Potokwane suggests to Mma Ramotswe that she run for a seat on the City Council, Mma Ramotswe is at first unsure. But when she learns about the proposed construction of the flashy Big Fun Hotel next to a graveyard, she allows herself to be persuaded. Her opponent is none other than Violet Sephotho, who is in the pocket of the hotel developers. Although Violet is intent on using every trick in the book to secure her election, Mma Ramotswe refuses...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 15
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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 Café. 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...
Author
Series
Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
223 pages : map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"One of the author's most beloved characters is back--and once again she will have to call upon her powers of deduction and her unflappable moral code to unravel a new philosophical mystery. In Edinburgh, rumors and gossip abound. But Isabel well knows that such things can't be taken at face value. Still, the latest whispers hint at mysterious goings-on, and who but Isabel can be trusted to get to the bottom of them? At the same time, she must deal...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 23
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In this latest installment in the beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Grace Makutsi encounters a pair of quandaries that will require all of her and Mma Ramotswe's cleverness and generosity to resolve. 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...
Author
Series
Detective Varg novels volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Detective Ulf Varg is a man of refined tastes and quite familiar with the art scene in Malmö. So when art historian Anders Kindgren visits the Department of Sensitive Crimes to report a series of bizarre acts that have been committed against him, Ulf and his team swing into action. Fish stuffed into the vents of Kindgren’s car and a manipulated footnote in a recent publication would be cause enough for an investigation, but when a painting Kindgren...
Author
Series
44 Scotland Street volume 15
Publisher
Anchor
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
297 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The winds of change are blowing through Scotland Street. Though Bertie is getting older, he can't resist an adventure to escape his domineering mother, and Bruce, ever the navel-gazer, will have to bring his best self to navigate the complexities of the pas de deux. While the tale takes some surprising turns, the improbable adventures of this quirky cast of Scots will affirm the heart and joy in Edinburgh's New Town.
From the hugely popular 44 Scotland...
Author
Series
Detective Varg novels volume 2
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
228 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the second installment in the best-selling Detective Varg Novels, Ulf and his team investigate a notorious lothario--a wolf of a man whose bad reputation may, much to his chagrin, be all bark and no bite. The Department of Sensitive Crimes, renowned for taking on the most obscure and irrelevant cases, led by Ulf Varg, their best detective, is always prepared to take on an investigation, no matter how complex. So when Ulf is approached by the girlfriend...
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