The Miracle at Speedy Motors - Hardcover

McCall Smith, Alexander

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375424482 ISBN 13: 9780375424489

Publisher: Pantheon, 2008

Synopsis

THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY - Book 9

Fans 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.

Mma Ramotswe is busy investigating her latest case: a woman who is looking for her family. The problem is, the woman doesn't know her real name of whether any members of her family are now living. Meanwhile, Phuti Radiphuti has bought Mma Makutsi a glorious new bed. Unfortunately, it will inadvertently cause her several sleepless nights. And life is no less complicated at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, where Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni--Mma Ramotswe's estimable husband--has fallen under the sway of a doctor who has promised a miracle cure for his daughter's medical condition, which Mma Ramotswe finds hard to believe. But Precious Ramotswe deals with these difficulties with her usual grace and good humor, and in the end discovers that the biggest miracles in life are often the small ones.

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Review:

Praise for The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series

"Alexander McCall Smith's big-hearted Botswanan stories [allow] his readers to escape into a world of simple, picturesque pleasures and upstanding virtues."
--The New York Times Book Review

"The best, most charming, honest, hilarious, and life-affirming books to appear in years."
--The Plain Dealer

"Utterly enchanting... It is impossible to come away from an Alexander McCall Smith 'mystery novel' without a smile on the lips and warm fuzzies in the heart."
--Chicago Sun-Times

"As pleasing as a cup of red bush tea."
--Entertainment Weekly

"Beguiling, lyrical... Blessed with McCall Smith's richly detailed portraits of life in Africa and his flair for storytelling with an engaging cast of fully realized characters."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Delightful... Millions of readers around the world seem to hunger for the kindness, dignity, and humor McCall Smith celebrates in Mma Ramotswe."
--The Oregonian

Book Description:

* The ninth book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series; Little, Brown are publishing in hardback

About this edition

• Publisher: Pantheon
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0375424482
• ISBN 13: 9780375424489
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224