![]() He had married a year or two earlier, and their daughter was born in Mochudi. She is the only child of Obed Ramotswe, a man who worked long years in the mines in South Africa, until one day he witnessed a crime, and knew he had to leave the mines. She is in Gaborone the capital of Botswana, a place of which she is proud. She has a secretary, and she has clients. Mma Ramotswe sits in her office, the Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency. 8 Film, television, and theatrical adaptations.4 Allusions to historical events, persons.The series did not catch on in England, despite being so close to Scotland, until the fifth novel in the series. ![]() After two more novels in the series were published, all three were published in the US to much acclaim in 2002, for example, Publishers Weekly called it a "little gem of a book". The novel was first published in Scotland, where it gained a following. She solves three cases, and meets important new people, her secretary Grace Makutsi and good friend, the excellent mechanic, Mr JLB Matekoni. When her father dies, she moves from Mochudi to Gaborone, the capital city, to begin her detective agency. Precious tells her own story, from birth, and her father tells his story. She hires a secretary and solves cases for her clients. The novel introduces the Motswana Mma Precious Ramotswe, who begins the first detective agency in Botswana, in the capital city Gaborone, after her beloved father dies. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is the first detective novel in the eponymous series by Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith, first published in 1998.
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