by Alexander McCall Smith · Abacus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349117423
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«In the Company of Cheerful Ladies» is the mystery and humour novel by Alexander McCall Smith, published by Abacus in paperback (272 pages, in English).
Detective Precious Ramotswe, married to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, runs her agency in Botswana: a woman asks for help, someone enters her house and a pumpkin appears. Her assistant Mma Makutsi takes dance classes, an apprentice at Matekoni's garage gets into trouble, and a visit forces her to face a secret from the past.
It is the sixth instalment of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, published by Abacus in 2005.
For readers of mystery and humour, especially those who follow the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
Sir Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith is a Scottish legal scholar and author of fiction. He was born and brought up in Southern Rhodesia and was formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law and bioethics and served on related British and international committees. He has since become known as a fiction writer, with sales in English exceeding 40 million by 2010 and translations into 46 languages. He is known as the creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. The "McCall" derives from his great-great-grandmother Bethea McCall, who married James Smith at Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, in 1833.
