McCall Smith, Alexander 1948-

Morality for Beautiful Girls / Alexander McCall Smith. - 1st Anchor Books ed. - New York : Anchor Books ; 2002. - 227 p. : cov. ill. ; 21 cm. - No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency .

''In Morality for Beautiful Girls, Precious Ramotswe, founder and owner of the only detective agency for the concerns of both ladies and others, investigates the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important ''Government Man'', and the moral character of the four finalists of the Miss Beauty and Integrity Contest, the winner of which will almost certainly be a contestant for the title of Miss Botswana. Yet her business is having money problems, and when other difficulties arise at her fiance's Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, she discovers the reliable Mr J.L.B. Maketoni is more complicated than he seems.'' (Book Cover)

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Ramotswe, Precious (Fictitious character) --Fiction.


Women private investigators--Botswana--Fiction.
Beauty contests--Fiction.
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization)--Fiction.


Botswana--Fiction.


Mystery fiction.