02553cam a2200409 i 4500 357759706 TxAuBib 160613s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016022330 9781101871355 hbk. 1101871350 hbk. (OCoLC)935983516 DLC eng DLC TnLvILS rda TxAuBib rda McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- Precious and Grace / Alexander McCall Smith. First United States edition. New York : Pantheon Books, [2016] ©2016. 227 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Originally published: Great Britain : Little, Brown : 2016. "The delightful seventeenth installment of the ever-popular, perennially best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective, is a little short on help. The co-director of the agency, Grace Makutsi, is busy with her own case, her client none other than their erstwhile assistant, Mr. Polopetsi, who has unwittingly involved himself in a pyramid scheme. The agency's other assistant, Charlie, may also need more help than he can offer, as he is newly embroiled in a romance with a glamorous woman about whom the others have their doubts. 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 remind them all that sometimes it's those we think we know best who most surprise us"-- Provided by publisher. Ramotswe, Precious Fictitious character Fiction. Women private investigators Fiction Botswana. No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization) Fiction. FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths. FICTION / Contemporary Women. FICTION / Romance / Contemporary. Botswana Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. McCall Smith, Alexander, New York : Pantheon, [2017]. No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. QS7