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Alexander McCall Smith
Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Little, Brown, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, a Hachette U. K. company, London, and subsequently published in the United States…
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As a full-time mother, wife, and editor, Isabel barely has any time for herself. When her husband, Jamie, suggests acquiring extra help, she reluctantly agrees and soon hires a new…
The powerful retelling of the Celtic myth of Angus, god of dreams, from the bestselling author.
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It's the most anticipated event of the decade -- Big Lou and Fat Bob's wedding -- and everyone is invited! But the relative peace and tranquillity of 44 Scotland Street…
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…
Previously published: New York: Pantheon, 2014.
Regular print version previously published by Anchor Books.
Little, Brown/Abacus has sold more than 12 million copies of Alexander McCall Smith’s books. This is the twenty-second book in the perennially adored The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.
* A highly original ‘detective’ novel with unique setting and characters, this is the first of four ‘Botswana’ titles are both beautiful and charming.
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Investigating the case of a woman wrongfully dismissed from her job, Precious Ramotswe discovers information that causes her to rethink her views about the case before meeting a local nurse…
Precious Ramotswe takes on a case for a childhood acquaintance but her inquiries will require an even more delicate touch than usual. Mma Ramotswe and the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective…
Little, Brown/Abacus has sold more than 12 million copies of Alexander McCall Smith’s books. This is the twenty-first book in the perennially adored The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series.
This book is excerpted from a series that originally appeared in The Scotsman newspaper –Copyright page.
Originally published: Edinburgh: Polygon, 2016.
This collection of stories covers perverse meetings, casual dates, and romantic encounters. The stories include the quirky complications inherent in entanglements which human beings engineer for themselves - entanglements that…
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency published in 1998, introduced the world to the one and only Precious Ramotswe, the engaging and sassy owner of Botswana’s only detective agency. Tears…
Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd., Edinburgh, in 2013.
A beautiful, touching and often heart-breaking standalone novel about love and friendship from Alexander McCall Smith, bestselling author of the No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.
As they journey by rail from Edinburgh to London, four strangers pass the time by sharing tales of trains that have changed their lives. A keen-eyed Scotsman recounts how he…
The new Botswana book from bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, this is Mma Ramotswe’s fourteenth wonderful adventure.
As the countdown to Mma Makutsi’s wedding begins, all is not as it should be at the No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. In anticipation of so long-awaited a celebration, upsets…
The sensational sixth installment in the bestselling chronicles of the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie finds Minty Auchterlonie, the high-flying financier from The Sunday Philosophy Club confiding to Isabel about the…
Illustrations copyright A2020 by Iain McIntosh –Copyright page.
Isabel finds herself entangled in some tricky familial and financial situations that will require all of her kindness, charm, and philosophical expertise to navigate.
Just when Isabel and Jamie finally…
Dr. Cronje, who’s half Xhosa and half Afrikaner, consults with the gentle and insightful sleuth Precious Ramotswe because patients at his hospital who have occupied a particular bed have been…
This time around, the charming and ever-resourceful Precious Ramotswe finds herself overly beset by problems. She is busier than usual at the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, when a strange…
Published in 2021 by arrangement with Pantheon Books, an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC –Title…
Alexander McCall Smith, one of the world’s best-loved writers, has reimagined the stories behind anonymous photographs in this charming, humorous, unexpected and poignant collection.
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Val was working as a land girl when the Americans arrived at the nearby airfield in 1944. Mike, a young American airman, came into her life soon after, and so…
A poem does not have to be famous to be cherished. The best-known poems of Robert Burns have been loved by countless people over the years, but there are other…
Come and discover The Enigma of Garlic and join the delightful denizens of Edinburgh’s most famous address. This latest instalment of the much-loved 44 Scotland Street series is wise, witty…
Living what the philosophers call a good life is not always easy. If there is a single human quality that most of us value above others it is kindness. Love…
44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 8
The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial…
Features Precious who befriends a new boy to her school called Pontsho and his sister Teb, and when she goes to their home, she discovers that they have an unusual…
In the hilarious new novel in the best-selling Detective Varg series, an eminent art historian is framed and the ace investigators of the department of sensitive crimes are on the…
Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd., in Edinburgh, in 2015.
Previously published: New York: Pantheon Books, 2012.
[A] tale of hope and friendship set during World War II, in which a British farm girl, an American pilot, and a German soldier are brought together by an unlikely…
The fifth installment in the bestselling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, set in Botswana, picks up with Mma Precious Ramotswe still engaged to Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni. She realizes that…
"From the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a ... short story collection: half spy stories, half tales of revenge, all highlight the kinder, funnier…
‘That,’ said Mr Borthwick, ‘was the best hamburger I’ve ever tasted!’ Joe has just created the yummiest, juciest, most delicious hamburger ever - and his friend Mr Borthwick wants to…
In bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith’s ninth tale of Isabel Dalhousie, Edinburgh philosopher and sleuth, the victim of an important art theft appeals to her for help.
In the hilarious new novel in the best-selling Detective Varg series, Ulf Varg will need to resolve both a sensitive crime and his own delicate dilemma in the hopes of…
In this fabulous fifth installment in a bestselling series, Isabel Dalhousie is asked to help a doctor who has been disgraced by allegations of scientific fraud. Whatever the outcome, Isabel’s…
The heartwarming and hilarious new installment in the Corduroy Mansions series presents the further adventures of McCall Smith’s newest beloved character: the Pimlico terrier Freddie de la Hay.
