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Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats #2 by Alexander McCall Smith
$17.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
Harriet is invited to help her detective aunts, Thessalonika and Japonica, investigate serious cheating in the world of horse racing. Initially excited by this prospect, Harriet quickly begins to regret getting involved. Will Harriet overcome her fears and find out who is causing Mr Fetlock's horses to ...Show more
Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations by Alexander McCall Smith
$45.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
From the creator of THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY comes a medley of perverse couplings, casual dates and romantic encounters: hilarious tales that will sadden, inspire and surprise. McCall Smith, a master of the unexpected and a seamless storyteller, revels in offering us the quirky complications i ...Show more
How to Raise an Elephant (#21 No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) by Alexander McCall Smith
$35.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction | Series: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Ser.
THE NEXT BOOK IN THE BELOVED THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIES Catch up on the latest from Mma Ramotswe, Mma Makutsi and other favourites in this new instalment of Alexander McCall Smith's THE NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY series. The twenty-first book in the series sees Precious Ramotswe call ...Show more
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith
$30.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency 6 | Reading Level: good-very good
Precious Ramotswe, that cheerful Botswanan private investigator of 'traditional build', is now married to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. The Agency is busy, but Mma Ramotswe cannot ignore the plea which is made by a woman who comes to her with a tale of particular misfortune. Unfortu ...Show more
La's Orchestra Saves The World by Alexander McCall Smith
$28.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
A heart-warming stand alone novel about the life-affirming powers of music and company during a time of war, from the best-selling and beloved author of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. When Lavender, La to her friends, moves to the Suffolk countryside, it's not just to escape the London Blitz but als ...Show more
La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith
$50.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
A heart-warming stand alone novel about the life-affirming powers of music and company during a time of war, from the best-selling and beloved author of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. When Lavender, La to her friends, moves to the Suffolk countryside, it's not just to escape the London Blitz but als ...Show more
Love Over Scotland (#3 44 Scotland Street) by Alexander McCall Smith
$45.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: 44 Scotland Street Ser.
"Love Over Scotland" is the third in the series and revolves around the many colourful characters that come and go at No. 44 Scotland Street. McCall Smith handles the characters with his customary charm and deftness - the stalwart Tory chartered surveyor, the pushy mother, most importantly in this novel ...Show more
Love Over Scotland (#3 44 Scotland Street) by Alexander McCall Smith
$28.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: 44 Scotland Street Ser.
With his characteristic warmth, inventiveness and brilliant wit, Alexander McCall Smith gives us more of the gloriously entertaining comings and goings at 44 Scotland Street, the Edinburgh townhouse. Six-year-old prodigy Bertie perseveres in his heroic struggle for truth and balanced good sense against ...Show more
Morality For Beautiful Girls: The multi-million copy bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith
$30.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency 3 | Reading Level: good-very good
In this third volume of highly original 'detective' stories with a unique setting and characters, the irrepressible, Precious Ramotswe faces supreme problems at home and at work. THE NO.1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY published in 1998, introduced the world to the one and only Precious Ramotswe, the engaging ...Show more
My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall Smith
$25.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
'While My Italian Bulldozer certainly advocates a kind, considerate, some might even say old-fashioned approach to resolving affairs of the heart, it also succeeds in subtly, almost imperceptibly ripping up the traditional rules of the romantic comedy and creating something refreshingly original' Scotsm ...Show more
My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall Smith
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
When writer Paul Stewart heads to the idyllic Italian town of Montalcino to finish his already late book, it seems like the perfect escape from stressful city life. Upon landing, however, things quickly take a turn for the worse when he discovers his hired car is nowhere to be found. With no record of a ...Show more
Novel Habits of Happiness (Isabel Dalhousie #10) by Alexander McCall Smith
$38.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: Isabel Dalhousie Novels
Isabel Dalhousie is one of Edinburgh's most generous (but discreet) philanthropists - but should she be more charitable? She wonders, sometimes, if she is too judgmental about her niece's amorous exploits, too sharp about her housekeeper's spiritual beliefs, too ready to bristle in battle against her en ...Show more