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| Author | Alexander McCall Smith |
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| Language | English |
| Series | The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Publisher | Little, Brown |
Publication date | April 3, 2012 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback and e-book) |
| Pages | 261 |
| ISBN | 978-1408702604 |
| Preceded by | The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party |
| Followed by | The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon |
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection is the thirteenth mystery novel by Alexander McCall Smith in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, first published in 2012. The story is set primarily in Gaborone, with Motswana Precious Ramotswe as the main detective.
In this novel, Precious Ramotswe is faced with serious problems among two who are very close to her, Mma Potokwane of the orphan farm and young Fanwell, assistant mechanic in her husband's garage. Besides help from her assistant, Mma Makutsi, both are aided by none other than the author of their well-used handbook on private detection, Clovis Andersen, visiting from America. The Limpopo River marks one border of Botswana and runs near Gaborone; Grace Makutsi suggests that as a name for an academy of private detection when Andersen is their guest for dinner.
Reception was generally positive, focussing on the interplay between Mma Ramotswe and the American with his concise summaries of any situation, as well as the moral clarity of the world described by McCall Smith. It was on the New York Times fiction best seller list in 2012.[1]
- ^ "Best Sellers: Hardcover Fiction". New York Times. 29 April 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2017.