false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165605623m/7039.jpg 7039 34 Precious Ramotswe is the eminently sensible and cunning proprietor of the only ladies&#8217; detective agency in Botswana. In <b>Tears of the Giraffe</b> 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. 1005422 book 2002 Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2) total:8046|5:1825|4:3653|3:2303|2:239|1:18| 8046 31171 9717 646 5 5 false false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 13:33:31 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 15:09:29 -0800 2009 1
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TEARS OF THE GIRAFFE is the better book purely because Smith doesn’t have to carefully set up the situation and characters; we already know all about...more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Jun 24 05:43:33 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 14:59:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 30 14:48:23 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 14:48:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 02:18:07 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 01:53:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 16:37:20 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 16:46:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Nov 05 12:03:19 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 12:03:26 -0800 2009
I had a friend from Botswana and her English and speech pattern was very deliberate with a pronounced lilt - the cadence and melody of her voice was very much li...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 21 13:33:33 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 13:33:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 3 false true Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 12:04:57 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 12:35:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 13:34:15 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 12:53:51 -0700 2009
I have read the book Tears of the giraffe I personally thought it was a great book on a female detective in Africa. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read suspense books that deal with real life challenges and solving mysteries and crimes
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...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 04:32:21 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 19:32:05 -0800 2009 1 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, but annoyingly covers much the same ground and topics that Alexander McCall-Smith's other series, The Sunday Philosophy Club, covers. Same moral arguments, same discussion.

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