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* Highly original 'detective' stories with unique setting and characters

About the Author

Alexander McCall Smith is a Professor of Medical Law as well as the author of over 50 books from FORENSIC ASPECTS OF SLEEP to THE CRIMINAL LAW OF BOTSWANA, THE PERFECT HAMBURGER (for children) to PORTUGUESE IRREGULAR VERBS (short stories).

Reviews

One of the most memorable heroines in any modern fiction
*Newsweek*

Soothing, full of hope
*Sunday Telegraph*

Delightful
*Evening Standard*

Enthralling... Mma Ramotswe is someone readers can't help but love
*USA Today*

The Miss Marple of Botswana
*New York Times Book Review*

Among the greatest comfort-reads of all time
*Sunday Times*

McCall Smith's satire is as gentle as a warm bath
*Sydney Morning Herald*

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
*Los Angeles Times*

One of the most memorable heroines in any modern fiction * Newsweek *
Soothing, full of hope * Sunday Telegraph *
Delightful * Evening Standard *
Enthralling... Mma Ramotswe is someone readers can't help but love * USA Today *
The Miss Marple of Botswana * New York Times Book Review *
Among the greatest comfort-reads of all time * Sunday Times *
McCall Smith's satire is as gentle as a warm bath * Sydney Morning Herald *
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 * Los Angeles Times *

Alexander McCall Smith (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) offers the second and third installments of his dignified, humorous Botswanan series. In Tears of the Giraffe, PI Precious Ramotswe tracks a missing American man whose widowed mother appeals to Ramotswe; meanwhile, the imperturbable detective is endangered at home by her fianc?'s resentful maid. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.