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Editorial reviews of "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series
"The Miss Marple of Botswana… Smith’s big-hearted Botswanan stories… [allow] his readers to escape into a world of simple, picturesque pleasures and upstanding virtues."– The New York Times Book Review
"Utterly charming and compulsively readable." – Newsweek
"One of the best, most charming, honest, hilarious and life-affirming books to appear in years." – The Plain Dealer
"One of the most entrancing literary treats of many a year ….A tapestry of extraordinary nuance and richness." – The Wall Street Journal
"What a treat ….Utterly charming." – Entertainment Weekly
"Thoroughly engaging and entertaining." – Los Angeles Times
"Utterly enchanting… It is impossible to come away from an Alexander McCall Smith ‘mystery’ novel without a smile on the lips and warm fuzzies in the heart." – Chicago Sun-Times
"Enthralling… [Mma Ramotswe] is someone readers can’t help but love." – USA Today
"Delightful… The warm humanity is what brings readers back… There is a simplicity and lyricism in [the] language that brings out the profound importance of…everyday revelations." – San Francisco Times