| Record Number |
744264 |
| ISBN |
9781408708118 (paperback) |
| Author |
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- author. |
| Title |
Precious and Grace / Alexander McCall Smith. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Little, Brown, [2016] |
| ©2016 |
| Pagination etc. |
247 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 17 |
| Summary Note |
One bright morning, Precious Ramotswe - head of Botswana's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - receives a visitor: a woman from Australia. This woman asks Precious to take on a case: to find the nursemaid who raised her during her childhood in Botswana. The woman wants to thank her for being such an important part of her life. Precious has a history of successfully solving cases, but this one proves difficult and throws up a number of surprises and challenges. Back in her office, next door to the Speedy Motors Garage on Twokleng Road, Precious also has a team to manage: Mr Polopetsi, a part-time science teacher and new assistant at the agency; she mentors Charlie, a former apprentice and young man too handsome and charming for his own good - a man who has gotten himself in deep water; and then there is Precious's tumultuous but heart-warming friendship with her co-director, the fiery Grace Makutsi. Precious and Grace is a story about being a detective, the complexities of human nature, as well as lessons about gratitude and obligation. |
| Subject - Name |
Ramotswe, Precious(Fictitious character)Fiction |
| Subject |
Women private investigators -- Botswana -- Fiction |
| No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization) -- Fiction |
| Botswana -- Fiction |
| Detective and mystery fiction. |
| Shelf Location |
F MACC |
