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In the Company of Cheerful Ladies: No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series, Book 6
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Author:
McCall Smith, Alexander
Narrator:
Lecat, Lisette
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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 6.
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Readers everywhere have been captivated by the New York Times best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, from award-winning wit Alexander McCall Smith. Mma Ramotswe is very busy. She has a full caseload at the agency, there's been an intruder in her home, and her unfortunate past has returned to haunt her. Maybe it's a good thing her husband, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, is too distracted to notice. For it seems one of his apprentices has run off with an older woman!
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Street Date:
03/02/2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781449893026
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Alexander McCall Smith. (2005). In the Company of Cheerful Ladies: No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series, Book 6. Unabridged Recorded Books, Inc.

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Alexander McCall Smith. 2005. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies: No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series, Book 6. Recorded Books, Inc.

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Alexander McCall Smith, In the Company of Cheerful Ladies: No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series, Book 6. Recorded Books, Inc, 2005.

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Alexander McCall Smith. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies: No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series, Book 6. Unabridged Recorded Books, Inc, 2005.

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