The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
By Alexander McCall Smith
- Release Date: 2012-04-03
- Genre: Women Sleuths
Description
THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY - Book 13
Fans around the world adore the best-selling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. 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.
Precious Ramotswe is haunted by a repeated dream: a vision of a tall, strange man who waits for her beneath an acacia tree. Odd as this is, she’s far too busy to worry about it. The best apprentice at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors is in trouble with the law and stuck with the worst lawyer in Gaborone. Grace Makutsi and Phuti Radiphuti are building the house of their dreams, but their builder is not completely on the up and up. And, most shockingly, Mma Potokwane, defender of Botswana’s weak and downtrodden, has been dismissed from her post as matron at the orphan farm. Can the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency help restore the beloved matron to her rightful position?
As wealthy and powerful influences at the orphan farm become allied against their friend, help arrives from an unexpected visitor: the tall stranger from Mma Ramotswe’s dreams, who turns out to be none other than the estimable Clovis Andersen, author of the No. 1 Ladies’ prized manual, The Principles of Private Detection. Together, Mma Ramotswe, Mma Makutsi, and their teacher-turned-colleague help right this injustice and in the process discover something new about being a good detective.
BONUS MATERIAL: This ebook edition includes an excerpt from Alexander McCall Smith's The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon.
Reviews
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
5By GeorgisgnThe No 1 Lady Detective Series are my favorite books. They are masterfully written and interwoven with humor and gems of moral codes we should all live with. Start reading the series chronologically. I am now going back to re read the series! The Limpopo Academy is the best of the series. Thank you Mr. Smith, your books make my heart sing!Need to correct page errors
4By CoryRN1960The story captures the charm & very real beloved characters I have followed in all the books. Our friends in Africa weaving right into the wrong doers of everyday life. Sad the ending is missing a page...Missing pages at end of chapters
4By zoecattSuch a great series. I love the characters and this author's writing. But as others have pointed out, the book is messed up. Missing the last page of more than one chapter. Please fix and send out an update!Wait for the corrected edition
1By 3ringbinderI've read them all and couldn't wait to read this one, even though it's expensive for an ebook. Imagine my disappointment (and yours if you buy it) when I discover it's full of errors. Sentences that aren't finished, and 3 complete pages repeated at the end of a chapter! I have never read such a poorly edited ebook. I'm sure the author is embarrassed, who would want to have their work presented so poorly? The publisher and/or Apple should be ashamed. Wait for the corrected edition.The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
5By tombreedMy (late) wife and I have read together most of Alexander McCall Smith books. They are a genre of their very own, picturing a real world of very caring (often) and sometimes not people. I know of no other author today writing in this genre. It is a relaxing pleasure to read them. AMS is very careful to wrap up all the threads at the end of a well crafted mystery novel?Disappointed also
1By Lamarvikes44Just confirming another's comments. End of chapter three dangles mid sentence, mid word. Someone needs to fix the book and re-deliver, this takes away for the great characters and writer.The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
5By nmp appsOnce again, Alexander McCall Smith brings to life the country of Botswana and the characters of the First Ladies Detective Agency, allowing the reader to loose themselves in the complexities and the simplicities of human nature. The country and the characters in the artful hands of Smith's lyrical narrative have to struggle to stay on the page. With the introduction of the Agency's mentor Clovis Andersen we have an affable, able partner who strengthens Mma Ramostswe's understanding of the finer points of detection and illuminates the power of intuition against the undercurrents of the culture. Another treasure of a volume!Digital version=page errors!
2By TlagoI wish I hadn't bought the iPad 2 version. So many repeated pages, paragraphs!!! First book I've downloaded with such glitches. Love the series, beyond disappointed. Will buy from book store.
