No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization)

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith( Book )
60 editions published between 1998 and 2011 in 20 languages and held by 3,922 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.

In the company of cheerful ladies by Alexander McCall Smith( Book )
36 editions published between 2004 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 3,426 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.

Tears of the giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith( Book )
44 editions published between 2000 and 2011 in 20 languages and held by 3,381 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.

Blue shoes and happiness by Alexander McCall Smith( Book )
41 editions published between 2006 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 3,252 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.

Tea time for the traditionally built by Alexander McCall Smith( Book )
35 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in English and Italian and held by 3,020 libraries worldwide
Precious Ramotswe uses her formidable detection talents to track down her tiny white van--sold by her estimable husband Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni and stolen from its new owner--while simultaneously helping to explain the dreadful losing streak of a local football team and smoothing out a snag in Mma Makutsi's engagement to Mr Phuti Radiphut.

The miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith( Book )
27 editions published between 2008 and 2011 in English and Italian and held by 3,017 libraries worldwide
In the ninth mystery of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Precious Ramotswe visits a game preserve to uncover the truth about an elderly American traveler whose safari proves to be his last journey.

The good husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith( Book )
27 editions published between 2006 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,948 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.

Morality for beautiful girls by Alexander McCall Smith( Book )
36 editions published between 2001 and 2009 in 17 languages and held by 2,752 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 Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith( Book )
24 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 2,743 libraries worldwide
Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi travel to the north of Botswana, to the stunning Okavango Delta, to visit a safari lodge where there have been several unexplained and troubling events--including the demise of one of the guests.

The Saturday big tent wedding party by Alexander McCall Smith( Book )
19 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 2,413 libraries worldwide
Hoping to reclaim a van that was featured in a possible prophetic dream, Precious and Grace find themselves helping an apprentice of Phuti Radiphuti, investigating a cattle poisoning, and considering Grace's possible marriage to Phuti.