Morality for Beautiful Girls
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| Author | Alexander McCall Smith |
|---|---|
| Country | Scotland |
| Language | English |
| Series | The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series |
| Genre(s) | Detective, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Polygon |
| Released | 2001 |
| Media Type | Print (Hardback & Paperback), Audio (Cassette & CD) |
| Pages | 256 pp (first edition, paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-7486-6297-9 (first edition, paperback) |
| Preceded by | The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (1999) Tears Of The Giraffe (2000) |
| Followed by | The Kalahari Typing School for Men (2002) |
Morality for Beautiful Girls is the third in a series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith, featuring The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, which is run by Precious Ramotswe.
- for the first book in the series see: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (book)
The series comprises seven novels:
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (1999)
- Tears Of The Giraffe (2000)
- Morality for Beautiful Girls (2001)
- The Kalahari Typing School for Men (2002)
- The Full Cupboard of Life (2004)
- In The Company of Cheerful Ladies (2004 - also known as The Night-Time Dancer)
- Blue Shoes and Happiness (2006)
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Mma Ramotswe is engaged to the excellent Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, owner of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, but clouds are gathering on the horizon. Business is slow at the The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and if changes are not made bankruptcy is a possibility.
Forced to make difficult choices, Mma Ramotswe moves the business into the office of her fiancé's garage and makes her assistant the assistant manager of the garage. This comes not a moment too soon, as Mr J.L.B. Matekoni has been strangely lethargic of late and has begun to neglect his business.
A new client, an important government man, comes to Mma Ramotswe and asks her to investigate his sister-in-law, who he suspects is trying to poison his bother.
Mma Ramotswe solves the poisoning while her assistant Mma Makutsi interviews beauty competition competitors to determine their good character. Meanwhile, a strange new child is puzzling the formidable matron of the local orphanage. Could a child really have been raised by lions?
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