title: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 5-Book Boxed Set (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series)
author:  Alexander McCall Smith 
description: "The Miss Marple of Botswana." -"The New York Times Book Review <br />"Smart and sassy...Precious' progress is charted in passages that have the power to amuse or shock or touch the heart, sometimes all at once." -"Los Angeles Times <br />"The author's prose has the merits of simplicity, euphony and precision. His descriptions leave one as if standing in the Botswana landscape. This is art that conceals art. I haven't read anything with such alloyed pleasure for a long time." -Anthony Daniels, "The Sunday Telegraph
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  Alexander	McCall	Smith	is	the	author	of	the	bestselling	No.	1	Ladies’
  Detective	Agency	series.	He	has	written	over	thirty	books	for	young
  readers,	including	three	other	School	Ship	Tobermory	adventures.
  Iain	 McIntosh’s	 illustrations	 have	 won	 awards	 in	 the	 worlds	 of
  advertising,	 design	 and	 publishing.	 He	 has	 illustrated	 many	 of
  Alexander	McCall	Smith’s	books.
  
  	
  	
  First	published	in	2019	by
  BC	Books,	an	imprint	of	Birlinn	Limited
  West	Newington	House
  10	Newington	Road
  Edinburgh
  EH9	IQS
  www.bcbooksforkids.co.uk
  Copyright	©	2019	Alexander	McCall	Smith
  Illustrations	copyright	©	2019	Iain	McIntosh
  The	right	of	Alexander	McCall	Smith	to	be	identified	as	the	author	of	this	work	has	been	asserted	by
  him	in	accordance	with	Copyright,	Designs	and	Patents	Act	1988
  All	rights	reserved.
  No	part	of	this	publication	may	be	reproduced,	stored	or	transmitted	in	any	form	without	the	express
  written	permission	of	the	publisher.
  ISBN	978	1	78885	220	3
  British	Library	Cataloguing-in-Publ