2316 b003b39e-8858-40e4-ba37-34b09337d67a Tears of the Giraffe Alexander McCall Smith calibre (9.2.1) [https://calibre-ebook.com] 2000-01-02T08:00:00+00:00 <div><h3>Review</h3><p>“The Miss Marple of Botswana.” –_The New York Times Book Review </p><p><em>“Smart and sassy . . . Precious’ progress is charted in passages that have the power to amuse or shock or touch the heart, sometimes all at once.” –</em>Los Angeles Times_ </p><p>“I haven’t read anything with such unalloyed pleasure for a long time.” –Anthony Daniels, <em>The Sunday Telegraph</em></p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Precious Ramotswe is the eminently sensible and cunning proprietor of the only ladies’ detective agency in Botswana. In <strong>Tears of the Giraffe</strong> she tracks a wayward wife, uncovers an unscrupulous maid, and searches for an American man who disappeared into the plains many years ago. In the midst of resolving uncertainties, pondering her impending marriage to a good, kind man, Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni, and the promotion of her talented secretary (a graduate of the Botswana Secretarial College, with a mark of 97 per cent), she also finds her family suddenly and unexpectedly increased by two. </p></div> Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 9781400031351 eng Fiction Mystery Fiction Ramotswe; Precious (Fictitious Character) Botswana No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary Organization)