McCall Smith, Alexander 1948-

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith ( Book )
164 editions published between 1998 and 2011 in 26 languages and held by 4,354 libraries worldwide
This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith's widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to help people with problems in their lives. Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefront in Gaborone, she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. But the case that tugs at her heart, and lands her in danger, is a missing eleven-year-old boy, who may have been snatched by witchdoctors.

Tears of the giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith ( Book )
134 editions published between 1984 and 2011 in 28 languages and held by 3,605 libraries worldwide
Mma "Precious" Ramotswe is now engaged to Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, the kind owner of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. This new development provokes a hostile reaction from Mr. Matekoni's unscrupulous maid, who quickly begins plotting the disintegration of the engagement. Despite all this, duty calls, and Mma Ramotswe is asked to help find an American woman's son who has been missing in Africa for 10 years.

The full cupboard of life by Alexander McCall Smith ( Book )
86 editions published between 2003 and 2011 in 17 languages and held by 3,552 libraries worldwide
Worrying about her upcoming marriage, Precious Ramotswe is confronted by the challenges of running her No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and an investigation into the would-be suitors of a wealthy woman to determine if any are fortune hunters.

In the company of cheerful ladies by Alexander McCall Smith ( Book )
76 editions published between 2004 and 2011 in 13 languages and held by 3,526 libraries worldwide
Handling a busy case load at The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and contending with an intruder in her home, Mma Ramotswe has plenty on her mind. So when her unfortunate past returns to haunt her, she is happy her husband, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, is distracted as well. It seems one of his apprentices at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors has raced off with an older, wealthy woman.

The Kalahari typing school for men by Alexander McCall Smith ( Book )
99 editions published between 2002 and 2011 in 18 languages and held by 3,482 libraries worldwide
Sleuth Precious Ramotswe is asked to locate two women, her assistant starts a typing school for men, and the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency gets a competitor when a new agency opens.

Blue shoes and happiness by Alexander McCall Smith ( Book )
83 editions published between 2005 and 2011 in 11 languages and held by 3,446 libraries worldwide
There is considerable excitement at The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. A cobra has been found in Precious Ramotswe's office. Then a nurse from a local clinic reveals that faulty blood-pressure readings are being recorded. And Botswana has a new advice columnist, Aunty Emang, whose advice is rather curt for Mma Ramotswe's taste. All this means a lot of work for our heroine and her assistant, Grace Makutsi. But there's trouble brewing in Mma Makutsi's own life. When Phuti Radiphuti misses their customary dinner date, she begins to wonder if he is having second thoughts about their engagement. And while Mma Makutsi may be able to buy that fashionably narrow (and uncomfortable) pair of blue shoes, it may not buy her the happiness that Mma Ramotswe promises her she'll find in the simpler things--in contentment with the world and enough tea to smooth over the occasional bumps in the road.--From publisher description.

Morality for beautiful girls by Alexander McCall Smith ( Book )
114 editions published between 2001 and 2011 in 25 languages and held by 3,420 libraries worldwide
In Morality for Beautiful Girls, Precious Ramotswe, founder and owner of the only detective agency for the concerns of both ladies and others, investigates the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important "Government Man," and the moral character of the four finalists of the Miss Beauty and Integrity Contest, the winner of which will almost certainly be a contestant for the title of Miss Botswana. Yet her business is having money problems, and when other difficulties arise at her fiance's Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, she discovers the reliable Mr J.L.B. Matekoni is more complicated than he seems. -- back cover.

The Sunday philosophy club by Alexander McCall Smith ( Book )
84 editions published between 2004 and 2011 in 14 languages and held by 3,331 libraries worldwide
The editor of "The Review of Applied Ethics" and a curious lover of puzzles, Isabel Dalhousie decides to investigate when she witnesses the fatal fall of a young man and discovers that he had been probing misdeeds at his brokerage firm.

The good husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith ( Book )
56 editions published between 1984 and 2011 in 8 languages and held by 3,244 libraries worldwide
Things go badly awry for Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni when he sets out to do something special for their adopted daughter, Motholeli, and it is up to his wife, Mma Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, to extricate him from his problems.

Friends, lovers, chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith ( Book )
72 editions published between 2000 and 2011 in 12 languages and held by 3,135 libraries worldwide
Taking on the running of her niece's deli while Cat is attending a wedding in Italy, Isabel Dalhousie encounters a recent heart transplant patient who is troubled by memories of events that never happened to him.