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Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2) - Community Reviews back

by Alexander McCall Smith
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engarde99
engarde99 rated it 15 years ago
My favorite of the series. I actually boo-hooed in this book and I NEVER do that.
digitaltempest
digitaltempest rated it 15 years ago
2nd book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. I was trudging my way through Twilight (still only half done with that book after two weeks--a shame) when I decided to shift my focus to this instead. I breezed through this book. The story picks up right where the last one left off and is just...
Flying Kick-a-pow!
Flying Kick-a-pow! rated it 17 years ago
had to read it for history class... blaaaahhhh not that great. predictable.
What I'm reading
What I'm reading rated it 18 years ago
This is the second novel in his No 1 Ladies' detective agency series. It picks up where the first one ended. We get to know Mma Ramotswe's life a little more. Her fiancé, Mr. Matekoni, mechanic extraordinaire, good and honest man. This series is not flashy and it's not your run of the mill mystery n...
willemite
willemite rated it 19 years ago
This is Smith’s follow up to the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency and is another delight. The primary tale is Mma Ramotswe helping an American woman find out what happened to her son ten years ago. The Detective agency grows when Precious takes on her secretary as an assistant detective and gives her a...
Kathryn Lively, Reader
Kathryn Lively, Reader rated it 21 years ago
Review ofTHE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY series by Alexander McCall Smithconsisting ofTHE NO. LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCYTEARS OF THE GIRAFFEMORALITY FOR BEAUTIFUL GIRLSCritics have called Mr. Smith's heroine, Precious Ramotswe, the "Miss Marple of Botswana." I would argue this title to be somewhat ...
debnance
debnance rated it 22 years ago
I'm beginning to know what it is about books that appeals to me. Two of the things I love in books were present in this story: simplicity and the affirmation of the g...
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