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Alexander McCall Smith
[1948-]
Mma Precious Ramotswe, owner of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, and her assistant, Mma Grace Makutsi, in Botswana:

The 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)

The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (due April 3, 2012)

Isabel Dalhousie, a Scottish-American editor of the esteemed Review of Applied Ethics and a woman of independent means in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the Sunday Philosophy Club mysteries:

The 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 Forgotten Affairs of Youth (2011)

 
Other fiction, Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld:

Portuguese Irregular Verbs (2003)

The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs (2003)

At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances (2003)

Unusual Uses for Olive Oil (2011)

 
Other fiction, 44 Scotland Street:

44 Scotland Street (2005)

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)

 
Other fiction, Corduroy Mansions:

Corduroy Mansions (2009)

The Dog That Came in from the Cold (2010)

A Conspiracy of Friends (2011)

 
Other fiction:

La’s Orchestra Saves the World (2009)