a ISBN 1-400-034779 (pbk.-)

a ISBN 1-400-031346 (pbk.-)

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number PR6063.C326

b Item number N6 2002

a Dewey Classification 823/.914

a Personal name McCall Smith Alexander

d Dates associated with a name 1948

a Title The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency /

c Statement of responsibility, etc Alexander McCall Smith.

h Medium BOOK

a Title proper/short title Number One Ladies' Detective Agency

a Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Anchor Books,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2002.

a Extent 235 p. ;

c Dimensions 21 cm.

a Summary, etc This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith₂s widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to ₃help people with problems in their lives.₄ 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. 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.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Ramotswe Precious Fictitious character

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Imaginary organization

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Women private investigators

a Genre/form data or focus term Mystery fiction.

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u Uniform Resource Identifier http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random045/2002018694.html

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0414/2002018694.html