Tears of the Giraffe

Name: Tears of the Giraffe
Author: Alexander McCall Smith

by Alexander McCall Smith

African detective investigates cases combining tradition and modern issues

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Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith is a Scottish-born Botswanan legal academic and writer whose No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series became an international phenomenon. His gentle, optimistic crime novels set in Botswana introduced African settings and characters to mainstream crime fiction in an enormously popular and culturally significant way. He has sold over 25 million copies.

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