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01871aam a2200373 a 4500 001 8AD26EA6EEA611E290836AB8DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130717010106 008 110908r20111998nyu d 000 1 eng d 010 $a bl2011025765 020 $a 0739378295 020 $a 9780739378298 (pbk.) 040 $a NjBwBT $c NjBwBT $d NjBwBT $d SILO 050 14 $a PR6063.C326 $b N6 2011 082 04 $a 823/.914 $2 23 082 14 $a FIC $2 14 100 1 $a McCall Smith, Alexander, $d 1948- 245 14 $a The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency / $c Alexander McCall Smith. 246 3 $a Number One Ladies' Detective Agency 250 $a 1st large print ed. 260 $a New York : $b Random House Large Print, $c [2011], c1998. 300 $a x, 370 p. (large print) ; $c 21 cm. 520 $a This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith's 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. 650 0 $a Ramotswe, Precious (Fictitious character) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women private investigators $z Botswana $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 651 0 $a Botswana $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Mystery fiction. $2 gsafd 941 $a 2 945 $a lpt 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611015946.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20141229144510.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8AD26EA6EEA611E290836AB8DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search