
1 Ladies’ Detective Agency received two Booker Judges’ Special Recommendations and was voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times Literary Supplement. After her beloved father dies, the sassy Precious Ramotswe (Scott) sells an inheritance of 180 cows to start a detective agency and becomes the first female. A Botswanan woman starts up the country's first female-owned detective agency.

With Jill Scott, Anika Noni Rose, Lucian Msamati, Nikki Amuka-Bird. But the case that tugs at her heart, and lands her in danger, is a missing eleven-year-old boy, who may have been snatched by witchdoctors. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Directed by Anthony Minghella. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to “help people with problems in their lives.” Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefront in Gaborone, she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith’s widely acclaimed The No. Smith began writing at the age of six and this was also when he received his first denial for his work to be published. 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. The author, Alexander McCall Smith, of the number one selling novel in 2003, The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, was born in 1948 in Southern Rhodesia, which is currently known as Zimbabwe, Africa.

1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective.

Fans around the world adore the bestselling No.
