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Alexander McCall Smith

Biography

Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the beloved bestseling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, the 44 Scotland Street series, and the Corduroy Mansions series. He is also the author of numerous children’s books. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh and has served on many national and international organizations concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and taught law at the University of Botswana. He lives in Scotland.

Alexander McCall Smith

Books by Alexander McCall Smith

by Alexander McCall Smith - Fiction, Mystery

Precious Ramotswe is called in to tackle a mysterious disciplinary problem at her adopted daughter's school. Her assistant Grace Makutsi, is having trouble adjusting to wedded bliss, and the estimable Clovis Andersen, author of The Principles of Private Investigation--the No. 1 Ladies' prized manual has arrived, right there, in Botswana, on a case of his own.

by Alexander McCall Smith - Fiction, Mystery

In the eighth installment of Alexander McCall Smith's Isabel Dalhousie series, our inquisitive heroine helps a new friend discover the identity of her father.

by Alexander McCall Smith - Fiction

The heartwarming, hilarious second installment in the Corduroy Mansions series presents the further adventures of Alexander McCall Smith's newest, already-beloved characters, including the Pimlico terrier Freddie de la Hay.

by Alexander McCall Smith - Fiction, Mystery

 

Isabel Dalhousie has been asked to investigate candidates for the new headmaster position at a local boy’s school. When she receives an anonymous warning about one of them, she discovers deep secrets not just about the candidates, but also about her own life.

by Alexander McCall Smith - Mystery

This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith's widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series features the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe of Botswana, who is drawn to her profession to "help people with problems in their lives."