Alexander McCall Smith
The Limpopo Academy Of Private Detection
$35.00$34.99 – Hardcover book / Little Brown
The new installment in the perpetually delightful and bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
Precious Ramotswe is back and, as usual, her plate is full! She's called in to tackle a mysterious disciplinary pro... Buy or find out more →
The Forgotten Affairs Of Youth: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel V. 8
$29.99 – Trade paperback / Little Brown
As the editor of an applied ethics journal, Isabel Dalhousie is usually tucked away in her editorial office, in the comfortable Edinburgh house she shares with her fianc and their young son, and does not often meet many ... Buy or find out more →
Bertie Plays The Blues
$29.95 – Hardcover book / Birlinn Ltd
Once more, we catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alexander McCall Smith. With customary charm and deftness, Alexander McCall Smith gives us another instalment in this popular... Buy or find out more →
Unusual Uses For Olive Oil: A Von Igelfeld Novel
$32.95$27.95 – Hardcover book / Little Brown
Life is so unfair, and it sends many things to try Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, author of Portuguese Irregular Verbs and pillar of the Institute of Romance Philology in the proud Bavarian city of Regensburg. T... Buy or find out more →
The Charming Quirks Of Others
$22.99 – Paperback book / Little Brown
In this latest and most felicitous addition to the Isabel
Dalhousie series, our inquisitive heroine comes to see that
there are very few of us who are not flawed . . . herself
included.
Isabel has been asked... Buy or find out more →
The Importance Of Being Seven: 44 Scotland Street Series: Vol 6
$22.99 – Paperback book / Little Brown
The sixth volume of Alexander McCall Smith's wonderful serial novels set in Edinburgh's New Town.
Despite inhabiting a great city renowned for its impeccable restraint, the extended family of 44 Scotland Street is trembl... Buy or find out more →
A Conspiracy Of Friends: A Corduroy Mansions Novel
$29.95 – Hardcover book / Polygon Press
Following on from the huge success of the 44 Scotland Street series, Alexander McCall Smith has 'moved house' to a crumbling four-storey mansion in Pimlico - Corduroy Mansions. It is inhabited by a glorious assortment of... Buy or find out more →
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Book Twelve
$35.00 – Hardcover book / Little Brown
As the countdown to Mma Makutsi's wedding begins, all is not as it should be at the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. While investigating unpleasant occurrences on a southern cattle- post, Mma Ramotswe, always on the side o... Buy or find out more →
Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party Audio
$39.99 – Compact disc / Little Brown
The latest installment in the beloved, best-selling series is
once again a beautiful blend of wit and wisdom, and a profoundly
touching tale of the human heart.
At a remote cattle post south of Gaborone two cows h... Buy or find out more →
The Double Comfort Safari Club: The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency Book Eleven
$19.99 – Paperback book / Little Brown
Mma Ramotswe's wonderful eleventh novel.
Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi are called to a safari lodge in Botswana s Okavango Delta to carry out a delicate mission on behalf of a former guest.
The Okavango makes Precious app... Buy or find out more →
The Charming Quirks Of Others: The Sunday Philosophy Club Book Seven
$32.99 – Trade paperback / Little Brown
Isabel Dalhousie, Edinburgh philosopher and curious observer of the behaviour of her fellow man, is approached by a friend at a local boarding school that is planning to appoint a new headmaster; an anonymous letter has ... Buy or find out more →
The Importance Of Being Seven: 44 Scotland Street
$34.95$15.00 – Hardcover book / Polygon Press
The story of Bertie and his dysfunctional family continues in this sixth instalment alongside the familiar cast of favourites - Big Lou, Domenica, Angus Lordie, Cyril and others - in their daily pursuit of a little happi... Buy or find out more →
The Dog Who Came In From The Cold: Corduroy Mansions Book Two
$39.95$13.00 – Hardcover book / Polygon Press
Following on from the huge success of the 44 Scotland Street series, Alexander McCall Smith has ‘moved house’ to a crumbling four-storey mansion in Pimlico – Corduroy Mansions. It is inhabited by a glorious assortment of... Buy or find out more →
Corduroy Mansions
$22.99 – Paperback book / Little Brown
Welcome to Corduroy Mansions in Pimlico: a temple of Arts and Crafts architecture, with comforting, weathered brickwork and frankly frivolous dormer windows, it is home to a delightfully eccentric cast of Londoners. In t... Buy or find out more →
The Double Comfort Safari Club: The Number One Ladies Detective Agency Book 11
$35.00 – Hardcover book / Little Brown
Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi are called to a safari lodge in Botswana's Okavango Delta to carry out a delicate mission on behalf of a former guest. The Okavango makes Precious appreciate once again the beauty of her home... Buy or find out more →
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
$22.99 – Paperback book / Little Brown
Wayward daughters. Missing Husbands. Philandering partners. Curious conmen. If you've got a problem, and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only - and finest - female private dete... Buy or find out more →
Tears Of The Giraffe: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Book Two
$22.99 – Paperback book / Little Brown
THE NO.1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY introduced the world to the one and only Precious Ramotswe - the engaging and sassy owner of Botswana's only detective agency. TEARS OF THE GIRAFFE, McCall Smith's second book, takes us ... Buy or find out more →
Morality For Beautiful Girls: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Book Three
$19.99 – Paperback book / Little Brown
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 OF THE GIRAFFE took us further into... Buy or find out more →
In The Company Of Cheerful Ladies: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Book Four
$19.99 – Paperback book / Little Brown
Precious Ramotswe, traditionally built proprietor of the famous No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, is finally married to Mr J. L. B. Matekoni of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, the agency is busy and life couldn't be better. O... Buy or find out more →
La's Orchestra Saves The World
$22.99 – Paperback book / Abacus
Thank you for the music… It’s 1939 and the war in Europe casts a long, all-encompassing shadow. In a sleepy town in Suffolk, the generous and determined widow, La, forms an amateur orchestra to entertain the locals and s... Buy or find out more →
In The Company Of Cheerful Ladies: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Book Six
$22.95$19.99 – Paperback book / Abacus
Precious Ramotswe, that cheerful Botswanan private investigator of 'traditional build', is now married to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. The Agency is busy, but Mma Ramotswe cannot ignore the plea whi... Buy or find out more →
Corduroy Mansions
$39.95$13.95 – Hardcover book / Polygon Press
Corduroy Mansions – described in a guide to the architecture of the area as "a building of no interest whatsoever" - is believed to have been built as an asylum, or possibly a school, or maybe it was a mansion block - no... Buy or find out more →
The Unbearable Lightness Of Scones
$34.95$29.95 – Hardcover book / Polygon Press
The story of Bertie and his dysfunctional family continues in this fifth instalment, alongside the familiar cast of favourites – Big Lou, Domenica, Angus Lordie, Cyril and others – in their daily pursuit of a little happ... Buy or find out more →
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency Book One
$24.95$19.99 – Paperback book / Abacus
Wayward daughters. Missing husbands. Philandering partners. Curious conmen. If you've got a problem, and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only - and finest - female private dete... Buy or find out more →
Tears Of The Giraffe: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Book Two
$24.95$19.99 – Paperback book / Warner Books
Following on from the brilliant The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Tears of the Giraffe charts the further adventures of Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only - and finest - female private detective.
It's going to take all... Buy or find out more →
Morality For Beautiful Girls: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Book Three
$19.99 – Paperback book / Abacus
In this third volume of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the irrepressible Precious Ramotswe faces supreme problems at home and at work.
With her detective agency in financial difficulty, Mma Ramotswe takes the... Buy or find out more →
The Kalahari Typing School For Men: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Book Four
$19.99 – Paperback book / Abacus
Ex-CID. Ex-New York. Ex-cellent reads the sign outside the Satisfaction Guarantee Detective Agency. Cephas Buthelezi certainly talks the talk, Precious discovers, but would he have the wherewithal to deal with her curren... Buy or find out more →
The Full Cupboard Of Life: The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency Book Five
$19.99 – Paperback book / Abacus
Mma Ramotswe, who became engaged to Mr J. L. B. Matekoni at the end of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, remains unmarried. She wonders when a day for the wedding will be named, but is anxious to avoid putting too much... Buy or find out more →
In The Company Of Cheerful Ladies: No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency Book Six
$29.95$14.95 – Hardcover book / Polygon Press
Precious Ramotswe, that cheerful Botswanan private investigator
of 'traditional build', is well-known to millions across the world
through the best-selling No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency
series.
Those who have been follow... Buy or find out more →
Blue Shoes And Happiness: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Book Seven
$19.99 – Paperback book / Abacus
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The Good Husband Of Zebra Drive: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Book Eight
$24.95$19.99 – Paperback book / Abacus
Mma Ramotswe is experiencing staffing difficulties. First Mr. J.L.B. Mate-koni asks to be put in charge of a case involving an errant husband. But can a man investigate such matters as successfully as the number one lady... Buy or find out more →
The Miracle At Speedy Motors: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Book Nine
$35.00 – Hardcover book / Little Brown
It has never occurred to Precious Ramotswe that there might be disadvantages to being the best-known lady detective in Botswana. But when she receives a threatening anonymous letter, she is compelled to reconsider her un... Buy or find out more →
Tea Time For The Traditionally Built: The Number 1. Ladies' Detective Agency Book Ten
$34.99$12.95 – Hardcover book / Little Brown
Mma Ramotswe is widely known for many things; for example, everybody knows about her kindness and her taste for redbush tea and cake - she is after all traditionally built. Everybody is familiar, too, with her tiny white... Buy or find out more →
Heavenly Date And Other Flirtations
$22.95 – Paperback book / Canongate
From the creator of The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency comes a medley of perverse couplings, casual dates and romantic encounters: hilarious tales that will also sadden, inspire and surprise. McCall Smith, a master of the ... Buy or find out more →
The Right Attitude To Rain: The Sunday Philosophy Club Book Three
$32.99 – Paperback book / Abacus
Alexander McCall Smith's charming invention Isabel Dalhousie returns for another Edinburgh-based adventure in the delightful The Right Attitude to Rain. Although not as immediately quirky and accessible as his Botswana-b... Buy or find out more →
The 2 1/2 Pillars Of Wisdom: The 2 1/2 Pillars Of Wisdom Book One
$22.99 – Paperback book / Abacus
Welcome to the extraordinary world of Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, an unnaturally tall and memorable character whose sublime insouciance is a blend of the cultivated pomposity of Frasier Crane and Inspector Cl... Buy or find out more →
The Sunday Philosophy Club: The Sunday Philosophy Club Book One
$24.99 – Paperback book / Little Brown
Amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher who also uses her training to solve unusual mysteries. Isabel is Editor of the Review of Applied Ethics - which addresses such questions as 'Truth telling in sexual relati... Buy or find out more →
The Doughnut Ring
$11.95 – Paperback book / Bloomsbury
Jim and his friends are upset to hear that their school janitor's car has been stolen, and just before he's due to retire too. So Jim comes up with a brilliant idea to help raise money to buy a new car: selling doughnuts... Buy or find out more →
The Popcorn Pirates
$12.95 – Paperback book / Bloomsbury
The inhabitants of the Popcorn Islands lead a peaceful and comfortable existence - that is, until pirates attack Captain Foster's ship on its way to America and steal half the popcorn harvest. So Lucy, Hermione and Sam o... Buy or find out more →
The Spaghetti Tangle
$11.95 – Paperback book / Bloomsbury
John and Nicky have never eaten spaghetti before and would give anything for the occasional bowl of chips or piece of chocolate cake. But they live with their rather strange and grumpy aunt who insists upon the most unco... Buy or find out more →
The Bubblegum Tree
$12.95 – Paperback book / Bloomsbury
Billy, Nicola and Mr Gopal are off to India in a flying boat to solve a baffling mystery! The gum that comes from the wonderful bubblegum trees that grow in the Indian jungle has not been delivered for two months. Withou... Buy or find out more →
Akimbo And The Crocodile Man
$12.95 – Paperback book / Egmont Books
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44 Scotland Street: 44 Scotland Street Book One
$17.95 – Paperback book / Abacus
The story revolves around the comings and goings at No. 44 Scotland Street, a fictitious building in a real street in Edinburgh. Immediately recognisable are the Edinburgh chartered surveyor, stalwart of the Conservative... Buy or find out more →
Espresso Tales: 44 Scotland Street Book Two
$22.99 – Paperback book / Abacus
In Espresso Tales, Alexander McCall Smith returns home to Edinburgh and the glorious cast of his own tales of the city, the residents of 44 Scotland Street, with a new set of challenges for each one of them.
Bruce, the i... Buy or find out more →
La's Orchestra Saves The World
$34.95 – Hardcover book / Polygon Press
Thank you for the music… It’s 1939 and the war in Europe casts a long, all-encompassing shadow. In a sleepy town in Suffolk, the generous and determined widow, La, forms an amateur orchestra to entertain the locals and s... Buy or find out more →
The Double Comfort Safari Club (Audio CD)
$39.99 – Compact disc / Hachette Digital
Readers will agree that this touching and dramatic new installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s beloved and best-selling series is the finest yet. In this story, Precious Ramotswe deals with issues of mistaken identity an... Buy or find out more →