Morality for Beautiful Girls
- 246
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Morality for Beautiful Girls” is a gentle, thoughtful third case for Mma Precious Ramotswe, private detective in Gaborone, Botswana. Some readers value its quietly unpredictable story, her patient refusal to judge and the care with which it treats a loved one’s depression; others feel the mystery itself runs thin this time. Readers who prefer quiet, humane crime fiction will find plenty here.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
Morality for Beautiful Girls is the third detective novel in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith, set in Gaborone, Botswana. The novel features the Motswana protagonist Mma Precious Ramotswe.
Reading order · The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Full order & progress →- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective AgencyStart here
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7.67.6 / 10 - Morality for Beautiful GirlsThis book
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 60 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 29% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.6 | 7 | 12% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 53 | 88% |
Frequently asked
How long is Morality for Beautiful Girls?
It has 246 pages — shorter than 91% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
The same shelf — Crime & mystery — and a score of 7.6, the closest to this book.
