Alexander McCall Smith was a professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh when he published his debut novel, 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency” in 1998, at age 50. Since then, McCall ...

Low on dead bodies and high on softly pedalled humour and lightly sprinkled moralising, the No 1 Ladies' Detective Agengy series of novels starring his “traditionally built” (fat) Botswanan private ...

Alexander McCall Smith, who became an international literary sensation with the publication of his novel, "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency," will be in Tulsa Nov. 3 for an event in conjunction with ...

Smith (the No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series) spins an entertaining tale about the vagaries of relationships. Public health researcher Dr. Neil Anderson finds himself in a minor imbroglio at the ...

In Morality for Beautiful Girls, Precious Ramotswe, founder and owner of the only detective agency for the concerns of both ladies and others, investigates the alleged poisoning of the brother of an ...

Precious Ramotswe is challenged by a strange intruder at her home, the appearance in her yard of a mysterious pumpkin, troubles at her husband's motorworks, and a visitor who forces her to confront a ...