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Why: Both are mystery books about women private investigators.
What both books share
- mystery
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: "Mystery fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "Mystery & Detective" (OL subject); "mystery fiction" (WD genre)
A Is for Alibi: "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators" (OL subject); "FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths" (OL subject); "Mystery fiction" (OL subject) - women private investigators
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: "Women private investigators" (OL subject); "Women private investigators -- Botswana -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
A Is for Alibi: "Women private investigators" (OL subject); "Women private investigators in fiction" (OL subject); "Women private investigators -- California -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
- mystery
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Why: Both are detective books.
What both books share
- detective
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "Detectives" (OL subject); "Mystery & Detective" (OL subject); "detective fiction" (WD genre)
Naked in Death: "Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "detective fiction" (WD genre)
- detective
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Why: Both are mystery books.
What both books share
- mystery
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: "Mystery fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "Mystery & Detective" (OL subject); "mystery fiction" (WD genre)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: "Mystery" (OL subject); "mystery fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, general" (OL subject); "mystery fiction" (WD genre)
- mystery
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Mystery | Women private investigators | Detective |
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| A Is for Alibi | shared | shared | not shared |
| Naked in Death | not shared | not shared | shared |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Step on a Crack | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Deep Blue Good-by | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Murder at the Vicarage | not shared | not shared | shared |
| 4.50 from Paddington | shared | not shared | not shared |
| G Is for Gumshoe | shared | shared | not shared |
| The Brutal Telling | shared | not shared | not shared |
| C Is for Corpse | shared | shared | not shared |
| R Is for Ricochet | shared | shared | not shared |
| S Is for Silence | shared | shared | not shared |
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published in 1998. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Edition checked
- The edition checked here is a 235-page paperback from Anchor Books. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
1400034779 ... pbk. ... 235 p. ... Anchor Books
- Series
- It is book 1 of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Source: penguinrandomhouse.com, checked November 6, 2026.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency ... The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
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