for ladies

The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 55 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Lisette Lecat

In this delightful 15th installment, Mma Ramotswe has her hands full both at home and in the office. To add to her current challenges, her devoted partner, Grace Makutsi, has decided to branch out on her own and open The Handsome Man's Deluxe Cafe. But even “Miss 97 Per Cent” can't quite meet all the demands of running a business - not to mention those that a lightning strike makes on her building.

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 14 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Lisette Lecat
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Mma "Precious" Ramotswe sets up a detective agency in Botswana on the edge of the Kalahari Desert, making her the only female detective in the country. At first, cases are hard to come by. But eventually, troubled people come to Precious with a variety of concerns. Potentially philandering husbands, seemingly schizophrenic doctors, and a missing boy who may have been killed by witch doctors all compel Precious to roam about in her tiny van, searching for clues.

The Kalahari Typing School for Men: More from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 3 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Lisette Lecat
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Precious Ramotswe's comfortable existence as the only detective in Botswana is suddenly rattled when the Satisfaction Guaranteed Detective Agency opens, and its brochure proclaims, "Don't take any chances! Entrust your enquiries to a MAN!" As if the development isn't enough, Mma Ramotswe has also taken on two difficult cases, one of which hits close to home. But with wisdom on her side, Mma Ramotswe figures to crack both cases and upstage her competition.

The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 12

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 25 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Lisette Lecat

This 12th entry from Alexander McCall Smith’s New York Times best-selling series showcases the humanity and matchless wit that define Precious Ramotswe. While both Precious and Grace Makutsi are puzzled by prophetic dreams, life goes on at the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Precious finds herself investigating a case of rural jealousy, while Grace inches closer to her wedding.

The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 14

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 43 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Lisette Lecat

Precious Ramotswe has taken on two puzzling cases. First, she is approached by the lawyer Mma Sheba, who is the executor of a deceased farmer’s estate. Mma Sheba has a feeling that the young man who has stepped forward may be falsely impersonating the farmer’s nephew in order to claim his inheritance. Mma Ramotswe agrees to visit the farm and find out what she can about the self-professed nephew. Then the proprietor of the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon comes to Mma Ramotswe for advice.

The Miracle at Speedy Motors: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 37 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Lisette Lecat
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Mma Ramotswe is busy investigating her latest case: a woman who is looking for her family. The problem is, the woman doesn't know her real name of whether any members of her family are now living. Meanwhile, Phuti Radiphuti has bought Mma Makutsi a glorious new bed. Unfortunately, it will inadvertently cause her several sleepless nights.

Morality For Beautiful Girls: More from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 55 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Lisette Lecat
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Between intriguing new cases and troubling personal developments, Precious' hands are full. The four Miss Beauty and Integrity pageant finalists may have questionable moral fiber, and the brother of an important government worker has allegedly been poisoned. On top of all that, Precious' reliable fianci might be hiding something.

Fair and Tender Ladies

• UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 17 mins)
• By Lee Smith
• Narrated By Kate Forbes

Author of many novels and short stories, best-selling writer Lee Smith has received numerous awards for her works, including two O. Henry Awards. Fair and Tender Ladies is an epistolary novel that traces the life of Ivy Rowe, born in the isolated Virginia mountain community of Sugar Fork.

The Good Husband of Zebra Drive: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 19 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Lisette Lecat
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

In the life of Precious Ramotswe, a woman duly proud of her fine traditional build, there is rarely a dull moment, and in the latest installment in the universally beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, there is much happening on Zebra Drive and Tlokweng Road. Mma Ramotswe is experiencing staffing difficulties. Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni asks to be put in charge of a case involving an errant husband. But can a man investigate such matters as successfully as the number-one lady detective can?

The Double Comfort Safari Club: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 17 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Lisette Lecat
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Alexander McCall Smith’s internationally best-selling and award-winning series starring Botswana’s leading lady detective continues with this 11th charming tale. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi travel to the Okavango Delta to visit a safari lodge beset by unexplained events. There they are awestruck by the breathtaking scenery, but also troubled by the region’s many difficulties—not the least of which is the occasional grumpy hippopotamus.

Lords and Ladies: Discworld #14

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 4 mins)
• By Terry Pratchett
• Narrated By Nigel Planer

Secret Lives of the First Ladies: What Your Teachers Never Told you About the Women of The White House

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 17 mins)
• By Cormac O'Brien
• Narrated By Teresa DeBerry
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

With chapters on every woman who’s ever made it to the White House, Secret Lives of the First Ladies tackles all of the tough questions that other history books are afraid to ask: How many of these women owned slaves? Which ones were cheating on their husbands? And why was Eleanor Roosevelt serving hot dogs to the King and Queen of England? American history was never this much fun in school

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 25 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Lisette Lecat
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Readers everywhere have become entranced by the New York Times best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, from acclaimed author and award-winning wit Alexander McCall Smith. Each charming book in the series is a masterpiece of comic subtlety and a window for viewing the distinctive culture and landscape of Botswana.

Tears of the Giraffe: More from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 54 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Lisette Lecat

Now engaged to Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, Mma Ramotswe must contend with the hostility of her fianci's unscrupulous maid, who quickly begins plotting the disintegration of the arrangement. Then an American woman asks for help to learn the truth behind her son's disappearance in Africa, and Mma Ramotswe has all the troubles she can handle.

The Ladies' Paradise

• UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 44 mins)
• By Emile Zola
• Narrated By Lee Ann Howlett
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Country girl Denise Baudu arrives in Paris hoping for a position in her uncle's clothing shop. However, her uncle's shop, along with other small shops in the area, is doing poorly. This is due to the large store across the street - The Ladies' Paradise - which is swallowing up the small specialty stores by offering 'one-stop shopping' at discounted prices. 19th Century Paris is experiencing the dawn of the department store. Despite her loyalty to her uncle, Denise is drawn to the progressive Ladies' Paradise and it's owner, the driven but charismatic Monsieur Mouret.

The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 1 min)
• By Susanna Clarke
• Narrated By Simon Prebble, Davina Porter

Susanna Clarke returns with an enchanting collection brimming with all the ingredients of good fairy tales: petulant princesses; vengeful owls; ladies who pass their time by embroidering terrible fates; endless paths in the deep, dark woods; and houses that never appear the same way twice.

Ladies' Night

• UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 28 mins)
• By Mary Kay Andrews
• Narrated By Kathleen McInerney
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Grace Stanton’s life as a rising media star and beloved lifestyle blogger takes a surprising turn when she catches her husband cheating and torpedoes his pricey sports car straight into the family swimming pool. Grace suddenly finds herself locked out of her palatial home, checking account, and even the blog she has worked so hard to develop in her signature style. Moving in with her widowed mother, who owns and lives above a rundown beach bar called The Sandbox, is less than ideal. So is attending court-mandated weekly "divorce recovery" therapy sessions with three other women and one man for whom betrayal seems to be the only commonality. When their “divorce coach” starts to act suspiciously, they decide to start having their own Wednesday "Ladies' Night" sessions at The Sandbox, and the unanticipated bonds that develop lead the members of the group to try and find closure in ways they never imagined. Can Grace figure out a new way home and discover how strong she needs to be to get there?

Lady of Eve: A Medieval Romance

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 48 mins)
• By Tamara Leigh
• Narrated By Mary Sarah Agliotta

On the eve of her profession as a nun, Lady Graeye Charwyck is called home to Medland by the father who disavowed her years earlier for the devil's mark she bears. Desperate to escape the convent, she agrees to wed a man she detests to provide an heir for her family's holdings. But when the king declares the Charwyck lands forfeit and awards them to their enemy, Graeye once more finds herself discarded.

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

• ABRIDGED (5 hrs and 55 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Adjoa Andoh

Wayward daughters. Missing husbands. Philandering partners. Curious con men. If you've got a problem, and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Mma Ramotswe, Botswana's only female private detective. Her methods may not be conventional, and her manner not exactly Miss Marple's, but she's got warmth, wit, and canny intuition on her side - not to mention Mr J.L.B. Maketoni, the charming proprietor of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors.