Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
About this book
In 1999 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency received two Booker Judges' Special Recommendations and was voted one of the ‘International Books of the Year and the Millennium' by the Times Literary Supplement. Tears of the Giraffe takes us further into the life of the engaging and sassy Precious Ramotswe, the owner and detective of Botswana's only Ladies' detective agency. Among her cases are wayward wives, unscrupulous maids and a challenge to resolve a mother's pain for her son, who is long lost on the African plains. Mma Ramotswe's own impending marriage to that most gentlemanly of men, Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni, the promotion of her secretary to the dizzy heights of Assistant Detective and new additions to the Matekoni family, all brew up the most humorous and charmingly entertaining of tales.
Reader Profile
4.2/5 · 162 readers · 230 pages · ≈ 4 h 16 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency?
About ≈ 4 h 16 m — 230 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency?
230 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency?
It sits on the Mystery, Fiction shelves.
Is Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Where does Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency take place?
It is set in Botsuana, Botswana.
Who wrote Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency?
Alexander McCall Smith.