Top Spot success for Alexander McCall Smith

The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party, Alexander McCall Smith’s latest book in The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series has reached No.1 in the Sunday Times bestseller charts in the UK in both audio and hardback formats and and in regional press across America plus a place in the much coveted top three of the New York Times Bestseller list.

Here and there – what the papers are saying:

‘This is Mr. McCall Smith at his benevolent best, preaching the most gentle of philosophies and obviously recalling with affection his own memories of Botswana and his years there. He demonstrates the depth of that feeling by describing Mma Ramotswe’s thoughts as she looks toward the Kalahari desert, the darkening sky and the branches of the trees tracing a pattern – “a pattern of such intricacy and delicacy that those standing below might look up and wonder why the world can be so beautiful and yet break the heart.” – The Washington Times

‘the most richly evocative and deeply felt of this long-running Botswana series so far’ – Rosemary Goring in the Herald

‘Utterly charming and compulsively readable.’ —Newsweek

‘Although McCall has given us a whodunit we care about, it’s not at the expense of the series’ traditional values, resulting in a charming, entertaining and uplifting book’ – Express

‘Irresistible’ —The New York Times Book Review

‘Fans of The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series will not be disappointed with this latest addition. New readers will enjoy it and then go back and start at the beginning.’ New Books Magazine

Selected as a Good Housekeeping ‘favourite’ for April

‘By the 12th book in the series, most writers would have exhausted the possibilities of their fictional world. But Alexander McCall Smith’s No 1 Ladies’ Detective series – like its heroine, Mma Ramotswe herself – is made of far more robust stuff.’ The Scotsman

‘once again a beautiful blend of wit and wisdom, and a profoundly touching tale of the human heart.’ indiebound.com

You can buy The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party from Amazon

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