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Tears of the Giraffe

By: Alexander McCall Smith
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
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 Winner of the British Book Awards, Author of the Year, 2004.
Winner of the CWA Dagger in the Library Award, 2004.

Following on from the brilliant The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Tears of the Giraffe charts the further adventures of Mma Ramotswe, Botswana's only female private detective. It's going to take all her intuition and eminent sensibility for Mma Ramotswe to crack her hardest case yet: the decade-old disappearance of an American on the edge of the Kalahari.

©2000 Alexander McCall Smith (P)2003 Time Warner AudioBooks Detective Literature & Fiction Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction Africa

Critic Reviews

"So elegant and understated is the author's style that the novel seems to transcend age." (Trevor Royle)
"I was enchanted by the character of Precious Ramotswe and the sly humour of Alexander McCall Smith's writing, his deft evocation of a culture." (Anthony Minghella)
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This book is such a joy to listen to. The performer has done an amazing job. It is very engaging. I would happily listen to it over and over.

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