Morality for Beautiful Girls

Morality for Beautiful Girls
First edition
Author	Alexander McCall Smith
Country	Scotland
Language	English
Series	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series
Genre	Detective, Mystery novel
Publisher	Polygon Books
Publication date	2001
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback), Audio (Cassette & CD)
Pages	256 pp (first edition, paperback)
ISBN	0-7486-6297-9 (first edition, paperback)
OCLC	46693682
Dewey Decimal	823/.914 21
LC Class	PR6063.C326 M67 2001
Preceded by	Tears Of The Giraffe (2000)
Followed by	The Kalahari Typing School for Men (2002)

Morality for Beautiful Girls is the third in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith, set in Gaborone, Botswana, and featuring the Motswana protagonist Precious Ramotswe.

Plot summary

Mma Ramotswe is engaged to "the excellent" Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, owner of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, but faces a slowdown of business at the The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency that threatens its existence.

Forced to make difficult choices, Mma Ramotswe moves the business into the office of her fiancé's garage and makes her assistant, Mma Grace Makutsi, its assistant manager. At just this time, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni has been showing signs of lethargy and neglecting his business.

Case

An important government man approaches Mma Ramotswe to investigate his sister-in-law, whom he suspects of attempting to poison his brother.

Subplots

The beauty contest: Mma Makutsi interviews beauty competition competitors to determine their good character.

The mysterious orphan: Mma Silvia Potokwane, matron of the local orphanage, deals with a strange new child who, it is rumored, has been raised by lions.

Chapters

The World as Seen by Another Person
A Boy in the Night
Garage Affairs
A Visit to Dr Moffat
The Government Man
Under New Management
The Girl with Three Lives
Low Serotonin Levels
At the Orphan Farm
The Clerk's Tale
Mma Potokwani Obliges
Family Business
The Chief Justice of Beauty
God Decided that Botswana Would Be a Dry Place
What do you want to do with your Life?
The Cook's Tale
An Excellent Type of Girl
The First Step
The Words for Africa

Novel series by Alexander McCall Smith

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (1998) Tears of the Giraffe (2000) Morality for Beautiful Girls (2001) The Kalahari Typing School for Men (2002) The Full Cupboard of Life (2003) In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (2004) Blue Shoes and Happiness (2006) The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (2007) The Miracle at Speedy Motors (2008) Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (2009) The Double Comfort Safari Club (2010) The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (2011) The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (2012)

Professor Dr von Igelfeld	Portuguese Irregular Verbs (1997) The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs (2003) At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances (2003) The 2½ Pillars of Wisdom (2004) Unusual Uses for Olive Oil (2011)

The Sunday Philosophy Club	The Sunday Philosophy Club (2004) Friends, Lovers, Chocolate (2005) The Right Attitude to Rain (2006) The Careful Use of Compliments (2007) The Comfort of Saturdays (2008) The Lost Art of Gratitude (2009) The Charming Quirks of Others (2010) The Forgotten Affairs of Youth (2011) The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds (2012)

44 Scotland Street	44 Scotland Street (2004) Espresso Tales (2005) Love Over Scotland (2006) The World According to Bertie (2007) The Unbearable Lightness of Scones (2008) The Importance of Being Seven (2010) Bertie Plays the Blues (2011) Sunshine on Scotland Street (2012) Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers (2013)

Corduroy Mansions	Corduroy Mansions (2009) The Dog Who Came in from the Cold (2010) A Conspiracy of Friends (2011)

Others	La's Orchestra Saves the World (2008) Trains and Lovers: The Heart's Journey (2012) The Forever Girl (2014)

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