- Morality for Beautiful Girls
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Morality for Beautiful Girls Author(s) Alexander McCall Smith Country Scotland Language English Series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series Genre(s) Detective, Mystery novel Publisher Polygon Publication date 2001 Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback), Audio (Cassette & CD) Pages 256 pp (first edition, paperback) ISBN ISBN 0-7486-6297-9 (first edition, paperback) OCLC Number 46693682 Dewey Decimal 823/.914 21 LC Classification PR6063.C326 M67 2001 Preceded by Tears Of The Giraffe (2000) Followed by The Kalahari Typing School for Men (2002) Morality for Beautiful Girls is the third in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith, set in Gaborone, Botswana, and featuring the Motswana protagonist Precious Ramotswe.
Plot summary
Mma Ramotswe is engaged to "the excellent" Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, owner of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, but faces a slowdown of business at the The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency that threatens its existence.
Forced to make difficult choices, Mma Ramotswe moves the business into the office of her fiancé's garage and makes her assistant, Mma Grace Makutsi, its assistant manager. At just this time, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni has been showing signs of lethargy and neglecting his business.
Case
An important government man approaches Mma Ramotswe to investigate his sister-in-law, whom he suspects of attempting to poison his brother.
Subplots
The beauty contest: Mma Makutsi interviews beauty competition competitors to determine their good character.
The mysterious orphan: Mma Silvia Potokwane, matron of the local orphanage, deals with a strange new child who, it is rumored, has been raised by lions.
Novel series by Alexander McCall Smith The No. 1 Ladies'
Detective AgencyThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (1998) · Tears Of The Giraffe (2000) · Morality for Beautiful Girls (2001) · The Kalahari Typing School for Men (2002) · The Full Cupboard of Life (2003) · In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (2004) · Blue Shoes and Happiness (2006) · The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (2007) · The Miracle at Speedy Motors (2008) · Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (2009) · The Double Comfort Safari Club (2010) · The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (2011) · TV series (2008)
The 2½ Pillars of Wisdom Portuguese Irregular Verbs (2003) · The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs (2003) · At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances (2003)
The Sunday
Philosophy ClubThe Sunday Philosophy Club (2004) · Friends, Lovers, Chocolate (2005) · The Right Attitude to Rain (2006) · The Careful Use of Compliments (2007) · The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday (2008) · The Lost Art of Gratitude (2009) The Charming Quirks of Others (2010) ·
The 44 Scotland Street Series 44 Scotland Street (2004) · Espresso Tales (2005) · Love Over Scotland (2006) · The World According to Bertie (2007) · The Unbearable Lightness of Scones (2008) The Importance Of Being Seven (2010) ·
Corduroy Mansions Corduroy Mansions (2009) · The Dog Who Came In From The Cold (2010) ·
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- 2001 novels
- Botswana culture
- Novels set in Africa
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- Novels by Alexander McCall Smith
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