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Mma Ramotswe happily reconnects with an old friend when his teaching job brings him back to Gaborone. In the course of their conversations, though, Mma Ramotswe learns that Hope, one of their mutual acquaintances, has fallen on hard times. This initially comes as a shock to her, as the woman came from wealth. But when she learns that Hope has recently separated from her husband, a local politician with a less than stellar reputation, she becomes determined...
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Detective Varg novels volume 1
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The Department of Sensitive Crimes investigates three extremely strange cases. They investigate how and why a local business owner was stabbed... behind his knee. Next, a young woman's imaginary boyfriend goes missing. And finally, they investigate whether nocturnal visitations at a local spa have a supernatural element.
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Detective Varg novels volume 3
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When art historian Anders Kindgren visits the Department of Sensitive Crimes to report a series of strange acts that have been committed against him, Ulf and his team take action. Fish being stuffed into the vents of Kindgren's car and a manipulated footnote in a recent art review magazine would be reason enough for an investigation, but when a painting Kindgren appraised as genuine is later declared a fake, it's apparent that someone is out to ruin...
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Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 12
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Isabel hires an assistant editor to share her workload. Both women have romantic entanglements that threaten to interfere with their work. Should an employer ever inject herself into her employee's affairs? Meanwhile, Isabel meets Patricia, the mother of her son's friend. Isabel tries to be supportive, especially given that Patricia is a single mother struggling to get by. But when she happens to see Patricia going into an antique shop with an unscrupulous...
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Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 3
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Isabel gets entangled with different men and her observations of many other people lead her to contemplate issues such as truth, love, happiness, and money.
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"The newest addition to the ever-popular, internationally beloved series finds Precious Ramotswe and her friends up to their necks in mysterious trouble. Mma Ramotswe knows she is very lucky indeed. She has a loving family, good friends, and a thriving business doing what she enjoys most: helping people. But the latest mystery she is called upon to solve is distinctly trickier than it initially appears, and, of course, there's plenty to handle in...
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Precious Ramotswe has always idolised her father, the late Obed Ramotswe. She feels that she knows all about his life, but does she? Sometimes our parents surprise us, and we discover that things were not quite what we thought them to be. And the same goes for Mma Makutsi, Mma Ramotswe's feisty assistant, who also makes certain discoveries about her own past that cause some surprise. The placid world of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is further...
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The next book in the perennially adored No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series sees Precious Ramotswe calling upon all her maternal instincts when she's faced with a two-ton case. They say it takes a village to raise a child, but can Mma Ramotswe and the rest of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency come together to raise a pipsqueak pachyderm? We may find out in this novel. We may not. Who can say?
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Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective, is a little short on help. So when a young Canadian woman approaches Mma Ramotswe with a complex case, it's up to her alone to solve it--with her signature intuition and insight, of course. The young woman spent part of her childhood in Botswana and needs help finding a long-lost acquaintance. But much time has passed, and her memory yields few clues. The difficult search--and the unexpected results--will...
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Fans around the world adore the bestselling 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.
In Morality for Beautiful Girls, Precious Ramotswe,...
In Morality for Beautiful Girls, Precious Ramotswe,...
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Detective Varg novels volume 2
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When the girlfriend of an infamous author approaches Mr. Varg insisting her bad-boy beau is being blackmailed, he is determined to help. It's difficult to determine what skeletons hide in her boyfriend's closet, though. Ulf finds himself distracted by his ongoing attraction to his co-worker, Anna, whose own fears about her husband's fidelity are causing a strain on her marriage. When Ulf is also asked to look into a group of dealers exporting wolves...
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Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 11
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Recently distracted by the arrival of her and Jamie's second son, Magnus, Isabel Dalhousie, philanthropic editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, is anxious. The next issue of the Review is far from ready, her eldest, Charlie, is jealous, and their housekeeper, Grace, has an officious approach to childcare. With some relief, Isabel returns to helping out at her niece Cat's delicatessen, where surely the most taxing duty is the preparation of sandwiches....
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Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 10
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Amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie takes on a case with paranormal implications.
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Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 13
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Isabel Dalhousie applies her moral philosopher's mind to wrongdoings in Edinburgh, and will have to call upon her powers of deduction and her unflappable moral code to unravel another social mystery in the 13th novel in the 'Isabel Dalhousie' series.
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Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 9
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Isabel is asked to help a friend discover who stole one of his prized paintings while also dealing with the possibility that her young son Charlie is a mathematical prodigy.
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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 10
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In her attempt to foster understanding between the sexes and find the traitor on a local football team, Precious Ramotswe ventures into new territory, drinks tea in unfamiliar kitchens and learns to trust in the observational powers of small boys.
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The twelfth installment in the beloved, bestselling series is once again a beautiful blend of wit and wisdom, and a profoundly touching tale of the human heart.
Precious Ramotswe is haunted by a dream in which she is driving her dear old white van. Grace Makutsi dreams that her 97 percent on the Botswana Secretarial College exam was a mistake. When Mma Ramotswe discovers that her van is actually still in use (and, of course, sets out to retrieve...
Precious Ramotswe is haunted by a dream in which she is driving her dear old white van. Grace Makutsi dreams that her 97 percent on the Botswana Secretarial College exam was a mistake. When Mma Ramotswe discovers that her van is actually still in use (and, of course, sets out to retrieve...
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