McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: "Mma Ramotswe and Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni are enjoying a nice meal out at a peri-peri restaurant when an American woman named Julia approaches seeking Mma Ramotswe’s help. Julia’s beloved late grandfather was Botswanan, and he instilled in her an abiding love of his homeland. Now, years after his passing and during a rough patch in her own life, Julia has come to visit the land he had...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: It's the most anticipated, and perhaps controversial, event of the decade--Lou and Bob's wedding--and everyone is invited. But the relative peace and tranquility of 44 Scotland Street is about to be disrupted. Outspoken Irene is returning home for a two-month stay, with plans to send young Bertie to a sleep-away camp. She also manages to come between the enigmatic nun, Sister Maria-Fiore dei...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: Detective Grace Makutsi has domestic troubles involving her husband's furniture store and a friend's troubled son. She must turn to Mma Ramotswe and the formidable Mma Potokwani to set it right.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: Mma Ramotswe has a loving family, good friends, and a thriving business doing what she enjoys most: helping people. But her latest mystery is distinctly trickier than it initially appears.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: Perplexing, unfathomable, and perhaps unimportant, the cases Malmo's Department of Sensitive Crimes take on will test their limits, even as Detective Ulf Varg struggles to contain his feelings for colleague Anna Bengsdotter.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: The winds of change are blowing through Scotland Street. Though Bertie is getting older, he can't resist an adventure to escape his domineering mother, and Bruce, ever the navel-gazer, will have to bring his best self to navigate the complexities of the pas de deux. While Alexander McCall Smith's delightfully warm and witty comedy takes some surprising turns, the improbable adventures of this...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: They say it takes a village to raise a child, but can Mma Ramotswe and the rest of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency come together to raise a pipsqueak pachyderm?

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2020

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: Summer has come to Scotland Street. The long days have prompted its denizens to engage in flights of fancy. Some, like the Duke of Johannesburg's plan to create a microlite seaplane, are literal flights, and some, like the vain Bruce Anderson's idea of settling down with one of his many admirers, are more metaphorical. With the domineering Irene off pursuing academic challenges, Stuart and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: In the latest book in the widely beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Precious Ramotswe takes on a case for a childhood acquaintance but her inquiries will require an even more delicate touch than usual. Mma Ramotswe reconnects with an old friend who has been having problems with her daughter. Though Precious feels compelled to lend a hand, she discovers that getting involved in...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: When Mma Potokwane suggests to Mma Ramotswe that she run for a seat on the City Council, Mma Ramotswe is at first unsure. But when she learns about the proposed construction of the flashy Big Fun Hotel next to a graveyard, she allows herself to be persuaded. Her opponent is none other than Violet Sephotho, who is in the pocket of the hotel developers. Although Violet is intent on using every...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: When Pat accepts her narcissistic ex-boyfriend Bruce's invitation for coffee, she has no idea of the complications in her romantic and professional life that will follow. Meanwhile, Matthew, her boss at the art gallery, attracts the attention of the police after a misunderstanding at the local bookstore. Whether caused by small things such as a cup of coffee and a book, or major events such as...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: "Precious Ramotswe learns valuable lessons about first impressions and forgiveness in this latest installment of the beloved and best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi are approached by their part-time colleague, Mr. Polopetsi, with a troubling story: a woman, accused of being rude to a valued customer, has been wrongly dismissed from her job at an...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, LLC 2017

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: Amateur sleuth and philosopher Isabel Dalhousie is called upon to help when a matchmaker begins to question her latest match.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: When writer Paul Stewart heads to the idyllic Italian town of Montalcino to finish his already overdue cookbook, he expects it to be the perfect escape from stressful city life. But when he arrives, things quickly take a turn for the worse. His hired car is nowhere to be found, and with no record of a reservation at the car-rental counter and no other cars are available, it appears that Paul...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: The newest installment of Alexander McCall Smith's perennially popular and irresistibly charming 44 Scotland Street series. Bertie's respite from his overbearing mother, Irene, is over. She has returned home from the Middle East, only to discover that her son has been exposed to the worst of evils: cartoons, movies, and even carbonated beverages. But the one who should be most concerned is her...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: Precious Ramotswe and her chief associate co-director, Grace Makutsi, have worked together for many years. Together, they have solved numerous complex cases, seeing eye to eye on most professional matters. When a Canadian woman invokes their help in recovering memories of her early childhood in Botswana, differences of opinion arise between the two firm friends, and diplomacy is called for.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: While gathering material for a photography book about Edinburgh, Alexander McCall Smith found himself inspired to create stories about the people captured in a number of particularly striking photos. A smiling girl leading a younger girl astride a pony, and a boy in a kilt on a tricycle beside them, gives rise to a story of a lifelong romance between the two riders. A dapper, roguish-looking...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: The ever-delightful, insatiably curious Edinburgh philosopher and amateur sleuth returns to take on a case unlike any she's had before-this one with paranormal implications-in the tenth installment of this beloved author's consistently best-selling series. From a small town outside Edinburgh comes the news that a young boy has been recounting vivid recollections of a past life: a perfect...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: The summer after university, Emma Woodhouse returns home to the village of Highbury, where she will live with her health-conscious father until she is ready to launch her interior-design business and strike out on her own. In the meantime, she will do what she does best: offer guidance to those less wise in the ways of the world than herself. Happily, this summer brings many new faces to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: It's not that poor Bertie Pollock is wishing his life away, but having anticipated his seventh birthday for so long he's now longing to be eighteen. But before then there's a lot of living to do and Bertie is not alone amongst the residents of Scotland Street in trying to do just that--with mixed fortunes.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Summary: Mma Ramotswe has her hands full both at home and in the office. To add to her current challenges, her devoted partner, Grace Makutsi, has decided to branch out on her own and open The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe. But even "Miss 97 Per Cent" can't quite meet all the demands of running a business--not to mention those that a lightning strike makes on her building. Eventually, she'll have to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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