Blue Shoes And Happiness, 9780349117720
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Married detective faces blackmail, witchcraft, and searches for happiness.

Blue Shoes And Happiness

the no. 1 ladies detective agence volume 7

$24.25

  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    24 January 2007

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Summary

Blue Shoes And Botswana Blues

Now happily married to Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, Mma Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency might expect a quieter life. However, the problems that bring customers to her door seem to have multiplied.

No sooner has she settled into married life than she’s juggling several cases:

  • A disturbing case of blackmail and theft at the Government catering college.
  • An investigation into an unpleasant atmosphere at the Mokolodi Gam…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349117720
ISBN-10:0349117721
Series:No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Author:Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:24 January 2007
Weight:211g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 20mm
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Critics Review

The books possess a beguiling simplicity that is hard to convey without making them seem fey, when in fact they are direct, vivid and down-to-earth … what he achieves in his No.1 Ladies - Detective Agency novels is the depiction in the lives of his main characters of a benign system of morality - derived by Mma Ramotswe from the old-fas

DAILY TELEGRAPH - ‘Nothing spoils [McCall Smith’s] vision of Botswana as a place where decent people triumph over mischief-makers’

SUNDAY TIMES - ‘Nothing will dim the charm of McCall Smith’s series, with its portraits of goodness, its sorrow over greed and its profound love of Africa. They are

Amanda Craig, INDEPENDENT - ‘[BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS has] the quiet sophistication of the previous novels and its simplicity is deceptive.These novels take us through the looki

About The Author

Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith is a full-time author, following a distinguished career as a Professor of Medical Law. He is the author of over sixty books on a wide array of subjects, and his books have been translated into thirty-seven languages. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife.

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