The cases are set in the cities of Botswana, mainly on the edge of the Kalahari desert, rather than in the desert. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: House of Hope"Mma Precious Ramotswe solves cases for wives whose husbands have gone missing, for a school teacher whose son has disappeared by finding the kidnappers, for a wealthy father whose 16-year-old daughter is frustrating him by going out on her own. This led her to decide never to marry again after he left her. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Return of Note""The No. "The No. The No. In reviewing the fifth novel in the series, Marcel Berlins describes the pathway of the growing audience, requiring one to understand that although Scotland and England are part of the same kingdom, the residents do not read the same books at the same time. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: An Exceptionally Wicked Lady"The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: A Very Rude Woman""The No. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series. The main detective, Mma Ramotswe, is a Motswana woman who is the protagonist, in the series and whose story is told in the first novel from birth to opening the detective agency. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Colours of All the Cattle"The novels are as much about the adventures and foibles of different characters as they are about https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_No._1_Ladies%27_Detective_Agency&oldid=975775482"The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: A Late Van Just Glimpsed""The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Daddy""The No. Mma Precious Ramotswe is Botswana's first lady detective. The world of Mma Precious Ramotswe was realized through the curation of items featuring early examples of female detectives/sleuths/crime fighters in fiction and comic books; vintage detective manuals; and books, prints, and ephemera by and about Botswana–the African country that provides the backdrop to the Ladies Detective Agency. She uncovers a scheme by twin brothers to use one medical degree and certificate between the two of them. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Ceremony""The No. She helps a man atone for the sins of his youth by finding the people he hurt decades earlier. He notes in his review of How to Handle Men through the Application of Psychology"The No. Mma is a Setswana term of respect for a woman; the equivalent term for a man is Rra. Being less concerned with the law and more so with moral values, she's not often involved with the police and prefers customary law, in all its guises. Critical reception has matched the sales of the novels, generally positive, and considering the strength of the novels to be in the characters and Mma Ramotswe's wisdom rather than in the specific mysteries solved in each novel.The novels have been reviewed in other languages than the original English; for example, this generally favourable review of the series up to the novel published in 2014, "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series)A cookbook associated with the novels was published in 2009; In 2004, the year of the sixth novel's publication, Alexander McCall Smith won the Author of the Year award at the "The No. The series features beloved character Mma Precious Ramotswe and follows her as she solves mysteries throughout Botswana. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Precious and Grace"There was an interesting pathway for knowledge and appreciation of the series by McCall Smith, a Scot, featuring Precious Ramotswe, the female detective in Botswana, to reach England. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Miracle at Speedy Motors""The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Maid""The No. Her acting debut came in 2004 playing Donna in a number of episodes of Girlfriends. A traditionally-built beauty, she's been interested in solving puzzles and mysteries since her childhood. She solves a case for herself when she thinks she must seek a divorce from her first husband but learns differently when she seeks out his mother.
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New York, Anchor Books, 2002. Alexander McCall Smith. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Radio" 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Confession""The No. Mma Ramotswe starts up her detective agency when she is 34 years old, using the inheritance from her father to move to the capital city, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License"The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon""The No. Retaining many traditional values, she's suspicious of technology and holds quite old-fashioned ideas about decency. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. As a detective, she's primarily intuitive and a maverick in her methods. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Handsome Man's Deluxe Cafe""The No. "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (novel)"The No. The initial books were published in Scotland. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The House of Unexpected Sisters""The No. Mma Precious Ramotswe is Botswana's first lady detective.
This led to several film roles including Rosemary in Cavedweller starring Kevin Bacon, Hound Dog, and Michel Gondry's Dave Chappelle's Block Party. Her joy is her engagement and eventual marriage to Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, who has taken on foster care of a sister and brother from the orphan farm. In 2004, sales in English exceeded five million, and the series has been translated to other languages. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine""The No. A traditionally-built beauty, she's been interested in solving puzzles and mysteries since her childhood.