{"id":5600,"date":"2014-10-28T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/catalog\/display.pperl?isbn=9780307911544"},"modified":"2014-10-28T05:30:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T05:30:00","slug":"the-handsome-mans-de-luxe-caf-by-alexander-mccall-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookim.org\/index.php\/2014\/10\/28\/the-handsome-mans-de-luxe-caf-by-alexander-mccall-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"The Handsome Man&#8217;s De Luxe Caf? by Alexander McCall Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/catalog\/display.pperl?isbn=9780307911544\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/catalog\/catalog_cover.pperl?9780307911544\" border=\"1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/catalog\/display.pperl?isbn=9780307911544\">The Handsome Man&#8217;s De Luxe Caf?<\/a> No. 1 Ladies&#8217; Detective Agency (15)<br \/><b>Written by<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/author\/results.pperl?authorid=42165\">Alexander McCall Smith<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><b>Hardcover<\/b>, 240 pages | Pantheon | Fiction &#8211; Mystery &#038; Detective &#8211; Women Sleuths; Fiction &#8211; Contemporary Women; Fiction &#8211; Urban Life | <b>$24.95<\/b> | October 28, 2014 | 978-0-307-91154-4 (0-307-91154-3)<\/p>\n<p>The No. 1 Ladies&rsquo; Detective Agency often helps people find things they have lost. But they have never had to help a client find <i>herself<\/i>&mdash;until now, in this latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith&rsquo;s best-selling and beloved series.<br \/> &#160;<br \/> A kindhearted brother and sister have taken in a woman known only as &ldquo;Mrs.&rdquo;&mdash;a woman with no memory of her name or of how she came to Botswana. And so it&rsquo;s up to Precious Ramotswe and her new co-director, Grace Makutsi, to discover the woman&rsquo;s identity. <br \/> &#160;<br \/> Meanwhile, motherhood proves to be no obstacle to Mma Makutsi&rsquo;s professional success. As she settles into her role as partner at the agency, she also launches a new enterprise of her own: the Handsome Man&rsquo;s De Luxe Caf&eacute;, a restaurant for Gaborone&rsquo;s most fashionable diners. But even Miss 97 Per Cent isn&rsquo;t fully prepared for the temperamental chefs, drunken waiters, and other challenges that come with running one&rsquo;s own business. Help may come from an unexpected source, if only Mma Makutsi can swallow her pride and ask.<br \/> &#160;<br \/> And next door to the No. 1 Ladies&rsquo; Detective Agency, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni is all too familiar with the difficult decisions of business owners. He is finally forced to make a tough choice, one that will bring major changes to both Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors and the No. 1 Ladies&rsquo; Detective Agency&mdash;and that will require all of Mma Ramotswe&rsquo;s finesse and patience to sort out. <br \/> &#160;<br \/> With sympathy and indefatigable good humor, Mma Ramotswe and her friends see one another through these major changes and discover along the way what true friendship really means.<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/catalog\/display.pperl?isbn=9780307911544\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/catalog\/catalog_cover.pperl?9780307911544\" border=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/catalog\/display.pperl?isbn=9780307911544\">The Handsome Man&#8217;s De Luxe Caf?<\/a> No. 1 Ladies&#8217; Detective Agency (15)<br \/><b>Written by<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/author\/results.pperl?authorid=42165\">Alexander McCall Smith<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><b>Hardcover<\/b>, 240 pages | Pantheon | Fiction &#8211; Mystery &amp; Detective &#8211; Women Sleuths; Fiction &#8211; Contemporary Women; Fiction &#8211; Urban Life | <b>$24.95<\/b> | October 28, 2014 | 978-0-307-91154-4 (0-307-91154-3)<\/p>\n<p>The No. 1 Ladies&rsquo; Detective Agency often helps people find things they have lost. But they have never had to help a client find <i>herself<\/i>&mdash;until now, in this latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith&rsquo;s best-selling and beloved series.<br \/> &nbsp;<br \/> A kindhearted brother and sister have taken in a woman known only as &ldquo;Mrs.&rdquo;&mdash;a woman with no memory of her name or of how she came to Botswana. And so it&rsquo;s up to Precious Ramotswe and her new co-director, Grace Makutsi, to discover the woman&rsquo;s identity. <br \/> &nbsp;<br \/> Meanwhile, motherhood proves to be no obstacle to Mma Makutsi&rsquo;s professional success. As she settles into her role as partner at the agency, she also launches a new enterprise of her own: the Handsome Man&rsquo;s De Luxe Caf&eacute;, a restaurant for Gaborone&rsquo;s most fashionable diners. But even Miss 97 Per Cent isn&rsquo;t fully prepared for the temperamental chefs, drunken waiters, and other challenges that come with running one&rsquo;s own business. Help may come from an unexpected source, if only Mma Makutsi can swallow her pride and ask.<br \/> &nbsp;<br \/> And next door to the No. 1 Ladies&rsquo; Detective Agency, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni is all too familiar with the difficult decisions of business owners. 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