AuthorAlexander Mccall Smith
NarratorHilary Neville
Duration6h 20m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries, Cosy Crime
PublisherIsis
VersionUnabridged
THE NO.1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY introduced the world to the one and only Precious Ramotswe - the engaging and sassy owner of Botswana's only detective agency. TEARS OF THE GIRAFFE, McCall Smith's second book, takes us further into this world as we follow Mama Ramotswe into more daring situations ... 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 of tales. TEARS OF THE GIRAFFE was selected as one of the GUARDIAN's top ten 'Fiction Paperbacks of the Year, 2000
The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 13: The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Author: Alexander Mccall Smith
Author Alexander Mccall Smith
Narrator Adjoa Andoh
Duration 8h 50m
Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi have always relied on the advice of the classic guide to their trade, The Principles of Private Detection. But who is the eminent author, Mr Clovis Andersen, and what if he were to come to Botswana? That seems a very unlikely possibility, and yet . . . When Mr Andersen visits Botswana on holiday, he is delighted and int...
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The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 06: In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
Author: Smith Alexander Mccall
Author Smith Alexander Mccall
Narrator Hilary Neville
Duration 7h 40m
Precious Ramotswe, that cheerful Botswanan private investigator, is well-known to millions across the world through the best-selling No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. She is finally married to Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, and the Agency is very busy, but she cannot ignore a plea which is made to her by a woman with a tale of particular misfortune. Unf...
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The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency 14: The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
Author: Smith Alexander Mccall
Author Smith Alexander Mccall
Narrator Adjoa Andoh
Duration 8h 30m
As Botswana awaits the familiar blessing of the rains and the resumption of the eternal cycle, seismic upheaval is taking place at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Not only is Mr J. L. B. Matekoni attempting to reform himself into a modern husband, but after her marriage to Phuti Radiphuti, Mma Ramotswe's challenging but irreplaceable associate...
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The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency 01
Author: Smith Alexander Mccall
Author Smith Alexander Mccall
Narrator Hilary Neville
Duration 6h 35m
Wayward daughters. Missing Husbands. Philandering partners. Curious conmen. If you've got a problem, and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only - and finest - female private detective. Her methods may not be conventional, and her manner not exactly Miss Marple, but she's got warmth, wit and canny intuition...
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The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency 11: The Double Comfort Safari Club
Author: Smith Alexander Mccall
Author Smith Alexander Mccall
Narrator Adjoa Andoh
Duration 6h 45m
Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi are called to a safari lodge in Botswana's Okavango Delta to carry out a delicate mission on behalf of a former guest. The Okavango makes Precious appreciate once again the beauty of her homeland: it is a paradise of teeming wildlife, majestic grasslands and sparkling water. However, it is also home to rival safari oper...
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The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 04: The Kalahari Typing School For Men
Author: Smith Alexander Mccall
Author Smith Alexander Mccall
Narrator Hilary Neville
Duration 5h 45m
The fourth book in the detective series featuring Precious Ramotswe of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Precious is continuing to run her detective agency from the garage of her fiance, Mr J.L.B. Matekoni. Plans for their wedding need to be made - but when, if ever, will they wed? In the meantime Mma Ramotswe juggles new clients with her usual fo...
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The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency 08 : The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
Author: Smith Alexander Mccall
Author Smith Alexander Mccall
Narrator Adjoa Andoh
Duration 7h
As winter turns to spring across the red earth, acacia trees and slow green rivers of Botswana, all is not quite as it should be on Zebra Drive, home to Mma Ramotswe and her beloved husband Mr J. L. B. Matekoni. At the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency there are the usual number of cases to be pursued, from persistent theft at Teenie Magama's printing...
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The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency 09: The Miracle At Speedy Motors
Author: Smith Alexander Mccall
Author Smith Alexander Mccall
Narrator Adjoa Andoh
Duration 6h 40m
It has never occurred to Precious Ramotswe that there might be disadvantages to being the best-known lady detective in Botswana. But when she receives a threatening anonymous letter, she is compelled to reconsider her unconquerable belief in a kind world and good neighbours. While she ponders the identity of the letter-writer Mma Ramotswe has a fur...
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The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency 10: Tea Time For the Traditionally Built
Author: Smith Alexander Mccall
Author Smith Alexander Mccall
Narrator Adjoa Andoh
Duration 6h 35m
It is a troublesome fact on which even Mma Ramotswe and her assistant Mma Makutsi agree: there are things that men know and ladies do not, and vice versa. It is unfortunate, for example, when Mma Ramotswe's newest client is the big-shot owner of the ailing Kalahari Swoopers, that one thing lady detectives know very little about is football. And whe...
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The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency 07: Blue Shoes and Happiness
Author: Smith Alexander Mccall
Author Smith Alexander Mccall
Narrator Hilary Neville
Duration 7h 30m
Now that she is finally and happily married to her long-term suitor Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, Mma Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency of Botswana might have expected life to grow more sedate. But the many problems that lead customers to Mma Ramotswe's door seem, if anything, to have multiplied, and no sooner has she settled her traditionally bu...
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