In 523 BC the Persian pharoah Cambyses dispatched an army across Egypt’s western desert to destroy the oracle at Siva. Legend has it that his army was overwhelmed by a sandstorm and lost for ever.

Behind the well-known U.S. security organizations? the FBI and CIA among them?lies a heavily guarded, anonymous government agency dedicated to intelligence surveillance and to a highly specialized brand of citizen protection.

When a young couple join a fertility programme run by a clinic in America they little suspect that the happy day that follows is the last day of mankind’s evolutionary supremacy. Their child is wonderfully clever, wonderfully well adjusted

Mma Precious Ramotswe is content. Her business is well established with many satisfied customers, and in her mid-thirties (?the finest age to be?) she has a house, two adopted children, a fine fianc?. But, as always, there are troubles

Life is good for Mma Ramotswe as she sets out with her usual resolve to solve people?s problems, heal their misfortunes, and untangle the mysteries that make life interesting. And life is never dull on Tlokweng Road.

Morality for Beautiful Girls, Precious Ramotswe, founder and owner of the only detective agency for the concerns of both ladies and others, investigates the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important ?Government Man,?

In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe?with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi?navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humor, and the occasional cup of tea.

79-year-old Martha Anderson dreams of escaping her care home and robbing a bank. She has no intention of spending the rest of her days in an armchair and is determined to fund her way to a much more exciting life-style.

New York’s most elite police force chases a ruthless murderer with an uncontrollable lust for money and blood.

Still engaged to the estimable Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, Mma Ramotswe understands that she should not put too much pressure on him, as he has other concerns, especially a hair-raising request from the ever persuasive Mma Potokwane, matron of the orphan farm.

The loveable full time priest and part time detective Canon Sidney Chambers continues his sleuthing adventures in late 1950’s Cambridge

As Mma Ramotswe investigates the deaths of cows at a cattle post outside Gaborone, she finds herself also pursuing other mysteries closer to home.

Hu-bots ?e” robots that humans created as perfect versions of themselves ?e” now control the world. They seized power in a war that almost wiped humankind off the face of the earth

In this story, Precious Ramotswe deals with issues of mistaken identity and great fortune against the beautiful backdrop of Botswana?s remote and striking Okavango Delta.

literary detective Thursday Next on another adventure in her alternate reality of literature-obsessed England