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![]() She gets mixed up with an anxious father and his over-protected daughter. #NO 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY BOOKS IN ORDER MANUAL#Then she gets a lead that may connect the death of this child to one of the most powerful men in the country – the type of man who can make life very difficult for those who cross him.Īlong the way she solves the case of a missing husband, finds proof of a cheating ditto, clears up a hospital administrator’s suspicions about one of his doctors, solves a case of insurance fraud, and uses her woman’s intuition and native resourcefulness to supplement her lessons from a manual of private detection. She senses traditional witchcraft may be behind it, something terrifying to go against, but also a shameful stain on the progress her country has made. She has little doubt the boy is dead, and she doesn’t expect to solve it. The boy has been missing two years before Mma Ramotswe gets the case. Though this inaugural book of her adventures collects several of her early cases together, including some jobs for rich and powerful clients that help establish her in business, her first big case involves the disappearance of a village schoolmaster’s son. Mma Ramotswe (Mma means approximately “Mrs.”) is proud of her country, and she is proud to be its first female private detective. ![]() In the decades between then and the mid-1990s, when this story is set, it evolved into one of the most successful countries in Africa, with a vibrant economy and lots of modern improvements. Formerly a British protectorate, it became independent in 1966 when Mma Ramotswe was eight years old. At this writing there are approximately 18 books in this series, including such interesting titles as Morality for Beautiful Girls, Tea Time for the Traditionally Built, and The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon.īotswana is a dry, sparsely populated country in southern Africa surrounded by Namibia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. #NO 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY BOOKS IN ORDER SERIES#This is the first book in a series by the same name, featuring Botswana’s first female private detective, Precious Ramotswe. ![]()
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