02223cam a2200325 i 4500 599045198 TxAuBib 20160727120000.0 160613s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016022330 9781101871355 hardcover 1101871350 hardcover TxAuBib rda McCall Smith, Alexander, author. Precious and Grace / Alexander McCall Smith. New York : Pantheon Books, [2016] pages ; cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency mystery, A ; 17 "The delightful seventeenth installment of the ever-popular, perennially best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective, is a little short on help. The co-director of the agency, Grace Makutsi, is busy with her own case, her client none other than their erstwhile assistant, Mr. Polopetsi, who has unwittingly involved himself in a pyramid scheme. The agency's other assistant, Charlie, may also need more help than he can offer, as he is newly embroiled in a romance with a glamorous woman about whom the others have their doubts. So when a young Canadian woman approaches Mma Ramotswe with a complex case, it's up to her alone to solve it--with her signature intuition and insight, of course. The young woman spent part of her childhood in Botswana and needs help finding a long-lost acquaintance. But much time has passed, and her memory yields few clues. The difficult search--and the unexpected results--will remind them all that sometimes it's those we think we know best who most surprise us"-- Provided by publisher. 20160727. Ramotswe, Precious (Fictitious character) Fiction. Women private investigators Botswana Fiction. No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization) Fiction. Botswana Fiction. Mystery fiction. A No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency mystery ; 17.