Precious and Grace

Name: Precious and Grace
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
ISBN: 9781501930225

Bestseller

Author: Alexander McCall Smith

Series: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #17

Narrator: Lisette Lecat

Unabridged: 9 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/11/2016

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths, Women

Synopsis

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.

About Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over one hundred books on a wide array of subjects, including the award-winning The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. He is also the author of the Isabel Dalhousie novels and the world's longest-running serial novel, 44 Scotland Street. His books have been translated into forty-six languages. Alexander McCall Smith is Professor Emeritus of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and holds honorary doctorates from thirteen universities. He was knighted by the King in 2024.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on November 22, 2016

A Review by Violet Sephotho, Nominee for Botswana's Woman of the Year This is Rra Alexander's 17th book about me even though I look younger than I did all those years ago at the Botswana Secretarial College, where I made my first big splash in the business world. I make an appearance in the very fir......more

Goodreads review by Nina (ninjasbooks) on December 05, 2023

Love these ladies!......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on December 05, 2023

In this 17th book in the 'No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series, Mma Ramotswe has her hands full with three cases. The book can be read as a standalone but it's more fun to follow the characters' arcs through the series. Mma Ramotswe (right) and Mma Makutski (from the television series) ***** The new......more

Goodreads review by Darla on November 12, 2022

The work dynamics and friendship of these two are still growing and changing. There is a stray dog who they name Zebra, a nefarious Ponzi scheme in their midst, and a Canadian who is trying to resurrect history.......more

Goodreads review by L.A. on October 28, 2016

While the pace of this novel is languorous, its theme of forgiveness is one of the most deeply moving in the series. (And any book with a stray dog is a sure winner. Precious and Grace is no exception to the meme.) As always, Smith handles characterizations with beguiling economy--a lifted eyebrow her......more