Book description
Well before Precious Ramotswe founded her Number One Ladies'
Detective Agency, as an eight-year-old girl she was already solving
mysteries. Here, in this delightful, enchanting tale for children, we
find out just who has been stealing her schoolfriends' snacks and how
the young Precious became the crafty and intuitive private
investigator we all know and love!
Alexander McCall Smith is one of the world's most prolific and most
popular authors. For many years he was a professor of Medical Law, then,
after the publication of his highly successful No 1 Ladies' Detective
Agency series, which has sold over fifteen million copies, he devoted
his time to the writing of fiction and has seen his various series of
books translated into over 40 languages and become bestsellers
throughout the world. These include the Scotland Street novels, first
published as a serial novel in The Scotsman, the Isabel Dalhousie
novels, and the Von Igelfeld series.
