This book's Author Alexander McCall Smith was born in Zimbabwe and educated there and in Scotland. He, is Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and is a member of a number of national and international bodies concerned with bioethics. His books include works on medical law, criminal law and philosophy, as well as numerous books for children, collections of short stories, and novels. He has lectured at various universities in Africa, including in Botswana, where he lived for a time. He is married to an Edinburgh doctor, and has two daughters. The No. 1 Ladies" Detective Agency received two Booker Judge's Special Recommendations.Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack's Company, Mirage, will be co-producing the No. 1 Ladies" Detective Agency TV series with New Africa Media Films.

In this third volume of The No.1 Ladies" Detective Agency series, the irrepressible Precious Ramotswe faces supreme problems at home and at work.

With her detective agency in financial difficulty, Mma Ramotswe takes the hard decision to share offices with her husband-to-be, Mr J. L. B. Matekoni. But even though Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors could do with a little help, it is Mr Matekoni himself who requires her attention ...

If that wasn"t enough, the agency is facing 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,and smelling of lion...

Chapter One The World as Seen by Another Person

Chapter Two ABoy in the Night

Chapter Three Garage Affairs

Chapter Four A Visit to Dr Moffat

Chapter Five The Government Man

Chapter Six Under New Management

Chapter Seven The Girl with Three Lives

Chapter Eight Low Serotonin Levels

Chapter Nine At the Orphan Farm

Chapter Ten The Clerk"s Tale

Chapter Eleven Mma Potokwani Obliges

Chapter Twelve Family Business

Chapter Thirteen The Chief Justice of Beauty

Chapter Fourteen God Decided that Botswanna Would be a Dry Place

Chapter Fifteen What do you want to do with your Life?

Chapter Sixteen The Cook"s Tale

Chapter Seventeen An Excellent Type of Girl

Chapter Eighteen The First Step

Chapter Nineteen The Words for Africa

The Kalabari Typing School for Men