THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY THE NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY - Book 1 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. This first novel in Alexander McCall Smiths 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.  The No. 1 Ladies   Detective Agency received two Booker Judges Special Recommendations and was voted   one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times Literary   Supplement.