Name: Tears of the Giraffe
ISBN: 9780748110629

Alexander McCall Smith

THE SECOND BOOK IN THE BELOVED 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 . . .

Tears of the Giraffe

Laura Mauler

Barbara Williford

Absolutely love this series! Mma Ratswania has several cases to solve at the #1 Ladies Detective Agency including unfaithful spouses and the mysterious disappearance and death of an American. In her personal life she also has many changes including a secret kept my her fiancé.

Irrepressible sleuth Precious Ramotswe searches for a young man who vanished many years ago on the African plains, while dealing with her engagement to Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, sudden and unexpected motherhood, and her recently promoted new assistant.

Tracie McMurray

Well written characters and interesting questions of morality. I enjoy the gradual building of the main character and her relationships.

Half Yeti, All Man

A fun, quick read. Some of the details of cases seemed to fall into place a little bit too easily for my taste. Still, I look forward to continuing with the series.

Love this series. It is light, short and interesting. Especially considering it is written about a black african woman and written by a white man.

Yulande Lindsay

Rosie 

Sarah Sammis

Francine Corry

Hannah Swithinbank

Pierke Bosschieter

Kate Lillie

Rebecca Grandison 

Ella Keating

Elizabeth Clement

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.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Ofelia

THE NO.1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY introduced the world to the one and only Precious Ramotswe - the engaging and sassy owner of Botswana's only detective agency. TEARS OF THE GIRAFFE, McCall Smith's second book, takes us further into this world as we follow Mama Ramotswe into more daring situations ... Among her cases this time are wayward wives, unscrupulous maids, and the challenge to resolve a mother's pain for her son who is long lost on the African plains. Indeed, Mma Ramotswe's own impending marriage to the most gentlemanly of men, Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, the promotion of Mma's secretary to the dizzy heights of Assistant Detective, and the arrival of new members to the Matekoni family, all brew up the most humorous and charmingly entertaining of tales. * TEARS OF THE GIRAFFE was selected as one of the GUARDIAN's top ten 'Fiction Paperbacks of the Year, 2000