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The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon

The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon( )
Author: McCall Smith, Alexander
Series title:The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Ser.
ISBN:978-1-59413-684-9
Publication Date:Jul 2014
Publisher:Thorndike Press
Imprint:Large Print Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $17.99
Book Description:

A New York Times Bestselling AuthorMma Ramotswe has been asked to help the proprietor of the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon, whose business has suffered unfortunate events such as face cream that burns the skin. Could someone be trying to put her out of business? Meanwhile, Mma Makutsi is going to have a baby. But in Botswana -- a land where family has always been held above all else, but which is at the crossroads between old and new -- this may be cause for as much controversy as celebration.

Book Details
Pages:380
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.5 x 1 Inches
Book Weight:0.062 Pounds
Author Biography
McCall Smith, Alexander (Author)
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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