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Blue Shoes and Happiness

Blue Shoes and Happiness( )
Illustrator: McCall Smith, Alexander
Series title:The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Ser.
ISBN:978-1-904598-63-3
Publication Date:Feb 2006
Publisher:Birlinn, Limited
Imprint:Polygon
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $14.95
Book Description:

The seventh instalment of the best-selling No. 1 Ladies Dectective Agency series brings more adventures for Precious Ramotswe and her fine assistant Mma Makutsi, including an encounter with a cobra, a sinister blackmail plot, and a rather tight-fitting pair of blue shoes, as well as plenty more bush tea and Botswana skies.

Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.8 x 21.6 cm
Book Weight:0.409 Kilograms
Author Biography
(Illustrator)
Alexander McCall Smith was born on August 24, 1948 in Zimbabwe. He was a professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh, but he left in 2005 to focus on his writing. He has written over 60 books, including specialist academic titles including Forensic Aspects of Sleep and The Criminal Law of Botswana, short story collections including Portuguese Irregular Verbs, and children's books including The Perfect Hamburger. He is best known for the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. He also writes the Corduroy Mansions, Isabel Dalhousie and 44 Scotland Street series.

He has received numerous awards, including The Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library Award and the 2004 United Kingdom's Author of the Year Award. His book, The Full Cupboard of Life, received the Saga Award for Wit in the United Kingdom. In 2007, he received a CBE for his services in literature.

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