The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency

The first book in the multi-million copy bestselling *No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency* series. The one where it all begins. Mma Ramotswe is the proud proprietor of the finest ladies' detective agency in all Botswana (also the only one). She spends her time, with a cup of redbush tea beneath the acacia tree, waiting for clients. When they come along, whether it is to enquire after a missing spouse or check the identity of a long-lost father, it is not The Principles of Private Detection that helps her to solve cases but old-fashioned common sense and a warm-hearted understanding of the fallibility of human nature - especially that of men. - *'Among the greatest comfort-reads of all time' - Sunday Times* - *'Jolly and exhilarating' - Sunday Telegraph* - *'The Miss Marple of Botswana' - New York Times Book Review* - *'A publishing phenomenon' - Guardian*