TEARS OF THE GIRAFFE THE NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY - Book 2 Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, the basis of the HBO TV show, and its proprietor Precious Ramotswe, Botswanas premier lady detective.  In this charming series, Mma  Ramotswe navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, and good humor”not to mention help from her loyal assistant, Grace Makutsi, and the occasional cup of tea.   Precious Ramotswe is the eminently sensible and cunning proprietor of the only ladies   detective agency in Botswana. In Tears of the Giraffe she tracks a wayward wife,   uncovers an unscrupulous maid, and searches for an American man who disappeared into   the plains many years ago. In the midst of resolving uncertainties, pondering her   impending marriage to a good, kind man, Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni, and the promotion   of her talented secretary (a graduate of the Botswana Secretarial College, with a   mark of 97 per cent), she also finds her family suddenly and unexpectedly increased   by two.