num_pages: 235
description: THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY - Book 1Fans around the world adore the best-selling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma  Ramotswe—with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi—navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humor, and the occasional cup of tea.The beloved first novel in The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, now available for the first time in hardcover, tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to “help people with problems in their lives.” Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefront in Gaborone, Mma Ramotswe 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 that of 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: 260883
places: Africa, Gaborone, Botswana
series: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Martin Beck Award
publisher: Random House Pantheon