num_pages: 235
description: Precious Ramotswe has only just set up shop as Botswana's No.1 (and only) lady detective when she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. However, 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 witch doctors.
language: English
title: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
titlecomplete: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
characters: J.L.B. Matekoni, Grace Makutsi, Precious Ramotswe, Obed Ramotswe
genres: Audiobook, Detective, Africa, Adult Fiction, Crime, Adult, Mystery Thriller, Mystery, Fiction, Botswana
ratings_count: 260872
places: Africa, Gaborone, Botswana
series: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Martin Beck Award
publisher: Anchor