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In the Company of Cheerful Ladies:

A No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Novel (6)
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Random House Digital, Inc., Apr 19, 2005 - Fiction - 233 pages
THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY - Book 6

Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, the basis of the HBO TV show, and its proprietor Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective.  In this charming series, Mma  Ramotswe navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, and good humor—not to mention help from her loyal assistant, Grace Makutsi, and the occasional cup of tea.

Precious is busier than usual at the detective agency when she discovers an intruder in her house on Zebra Drive—and perhaps even more baffling--a pumpkin on her porch. Her associate, Mma Makutsi, also has a full plate. She's taken up dance lessons, only to be partnered with a man with two left feet. And at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, where Mr J.L.B. Matekoni is already overburdened with work, one of his apprentices has run off with a wealthy older woman. But what finally rattles Mma Ramotswe’s normally unshakable composure is a visitor who forces her to confront a difficult secret from her past.


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Review: In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #6)

User Review  - Neena - Goodreads

This is sixth book in the series No.1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. Precious is busy with worries over unsolved case of Zambian financer, an incident about intrutder in her house ... Read full review

Review: In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #6)

User Review  - Sandy H - Goodreads

I've read many of the books in this series over the years and basically enjoy them, although I was able to put the series down for some time without really missing it. This volume I listened to as an ... Read full review

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Contents

Section 1
3
Section 2
14
Section 3
24
Section 4
32
Section 5
44
Section 6
55
Section 7
69
Section 8
81
Section 12
128
Section 13
135
Section 14
148
Section 15
157
Section 16
167
Section 17
180
Section 18
193
Section 19
207

Section 9
95
Section 10
104
Section 11
115
Section 20
213
Section 21
221
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About the author (2005)

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the huge international phenomenon, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, and The Sunday Philosophy Club series. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and he was a law professor at the University of Botswana and at Edinburgh University. He lives in Scotland. Visit his Web site at www.alexandermccallsmith.com.


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