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 Winner of the British Book Awards, Author of the Year, 2004.
Winner of the CWA Dagger in the Library Award, 2004.

In this third audiobook for The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the irrepressible Mma Ramotswe faces supreme problems at home and at work. The detective agency is dealing with some of its most puzzling cases: the government official whose sister-in-law is trying to poison his brother; the beauty pageant whose contestants aren't as good as their looks; and the strange young boy, found naked and wild, smelling of a lion.

©2001 Alexander McCall Smith; (P)2003 Time Warner AudioBooks Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime

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"Highly amusing, intelligent, and heart-warming." ( Scotland on Sunday)
"Forget the library; the body is in the mud hut. An African Marple created by a Scottish law lecturer." (Stephen McGinty, Sunday Times)
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Ramotswe is facing some issues to make money from her agency after her secretary/detective/ assistant manager Mma. Makutsi promotion. She decides to save some rent money and moves to "Speedy Motors" to share an office with her fiancé. However, J.L.B. Matekoni is not feeling well and needs her attention as well as her clients. As always, she ends up with too much on her plate.

I am not sure how this happened, but the beautiful writing of this series read by the wonderful Adjoa Andoh somehow addicted me. This is the third book of the series I am listening in a row. I now want to hear something new about Ramotswe every day and "taste" a bit of Botswana in the spoken words. What a beautiful series, and in this one we get a little more of mystery regarding a poisoner.

beautiful writing wonderfully read

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I loved the narrator in this version of the books.
She brought life to the story by giving each character his or her own voice.

Morality for Beautiful Girls

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The stories are a tad too simple - were they not for adults, they would need a preschool audience to be enjoyed

Simple stories, told simply

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A good book for calming down before bed. The narrator's accent is very good and the characters are easily distinguishable. I am looking forward to the rest of the series.

Gentle and easy going

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Anothee enjiyable excursion into the the fascinating world of Precious Ramotswe. Perfect for relaxing holiday reading.

Atmosheric and immeesivive

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