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by Alexander McCall Smith · 2012

Book 13 of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

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Mystery fiction

What it is about

Precious Ramotswe
Women private investigators
Americans

Where it happens

Botswana

Ages

Adult

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About Alexander McCall Smith

Born: Born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, in 1948. Source: Wikidata and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Alexander McCall Smith was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2001. Source: Wikidata, citing rse.org.uk, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Alexander McCall Smith was made a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2005. Source: Wikidata, citing acmedsci.ac.uk, checked November 6, 2026.

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