Tears of the Giraffe [SIGNED]

Alexander McCall Smith

ISBN 10: 0349116652 / ISBN 13: 9780349116655

Published by Abacus, London, 2005

About this Item

*** PLEASE NOTE *** The bookshop is currently closed for holidays. Items can still be ordered, but will not be dispatched until we reopen on Friday 21st August. Many thanks for your patience. *** Slight rubbing to spine and very light creasing to rear cover. Very clean text throughout. Signed by the author to title page. Second book in the Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5 x 7.75 inches (12.5 x 19.5 cm).

Seller Inventory # 1214P005

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tears of the Giraffe [SIGNED]
• Publisher: Abacus, London
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0349116652
• ISBN 13: 9780349116655
• Binding: Paperback. Printed pages: 233
• Edition: Reprint.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 400 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed Copies & Rarities
  • Crime, Mystery & Espionage

About this title

Synopsis

The second book in the multi-million copy bestselling No.1 Ladies'' Detective Agency series

The one where Precious gains a new family

Mma Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies'' Detective Agency is hoping to set up home with Mr J.L.B. Maketoni. But first she must deal with his scheming, misbehaving maid. She also has to confront the most difficult case of her career so far: that of an American who went missing ten years ago, and about whom all leads have long since dried up. Then there are not one, but two sudden additions to Mma''s family . . .

''One of the most memorable heroines in any modern fiction'' Newsweek

''Soothing, full of hope'' Sunday Telegraph

''Delightful'' Evening Standard

''Enthralling... Mma Ramotswe is someone readers can''t help but love'' USA Today

From the Inside Flap

Precious Ramotswe is the eminently sensible and cunning proprietor of the only ladies' detective agency in Botswana. In Tears of the Giraffe 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.