The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case
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McCall Smith, Alexander
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Precious Ramotswe's first cases volume 1.
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2012
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04/03/2012
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English
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9780307743909
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Alexander McCall Smith. (2012). The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

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Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, the basis of the HBO TV show, and its proprietor Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective.  In this charming series, Mma  Ramotswe navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, and good humor—not to mention help from her loyal assistant, Grace Makutsi, and the occasional cup of tea.
 
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When a piece of cake goes missing from her classroom, a traditionally built young boy is tagged as the culprit. Precious, however, is not convinced. She sets out to find the real thief. Along the way she learns that your first guess isn’t always right. She also learns how to be a detective.
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