The Miracle at Speedy Motors

The Miracle at Speedy Motors
	First edition
Author	Alexander McCall Smith
Language	English
Series	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Genre	Detective, Mystery novel
Publisher	Little, Brown
Publication date	2008
Publication place	Scotland
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback), Audio (CD)
Pages	256 pp
ISBN	978-0-316-03007-6
OCLC	181422305
Preceded by	The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
Followed by	Tea Time for the Traditionally Built

AuthorAlexander McCall Smith

LanguageEnglish

SeriesThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

GenreDetective, Mystery novel

The Miracle at Speedy Motors, published in 2008, is the ninth in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith,^[1] set in Gaborone, Botswana, and featuring the Motswana protagonist Precious Ramotswe.

[1]

v t e Novels 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) The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon (2013) The Handsome Man's De Luxe Café (2014) The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine (2015) Precious and Grace (2016) The House of Unexpected Sisters (2017) The Colours of all the Cattle (2018) To the Land of Long Lost Friends (2019) How to Raise an Elephant (2020) The Joy and Light Bus Company (2021) A Song of Comfortable Chairs (2022) From a Far and Lovely Country (2023) The Great Hippopotamus Hotel (2024)
Professor Dr von Igelfeld Entertainments	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) Your Inner Hedgehog (2021)
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) The Novel Habits of Happiness (2015) At the Reunion Buffet (2015) Sweet, Thoughtful Valentine (2016) A Distant View of Everything (2017) The Quiet Side of Passion (2018) The Geometry of Holding Hands (2020) The Sweet Remnants of Summer (2022) The Conditions of Unconditional Love (2024)
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) The Revolving Door of Life (2015) The Bertie Project (2016) A Time of Love and Tartan (2017) The Peppermint Tea Chronicles (2019) A Promise of Ankles (2020) Love in the Time of Bertie (2021) The Enigma of Garlic (2022) The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee (2023)
Corduroy Mansions	Corduroy Mansions (2009) The Dog Who Came in from the Cold (2010) A Conspiracy of Friends (2011)
Paul Stewart	My Italian Bulldozer (2016) The Second Worst Restaurant in France (2019)
Detective Varg	The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists (2019) The Department of Sensitive Crimes (2019) Varg in Love (2019) The Talented Mr. Varg (2020) The Man with the Silver Saab (2021) The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf (2023)
Other novels	La's Orchestra Saves the World (2008) Trains and Lovers (2012) The Forever Girl (2014) Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party (2014) Emma: A Modern Retelling (2015) The Good Pilot, Peter Woodhouse (2017) The Pavilion in the Clouds (2022) The Private Life of Spies (2023) The Love Story of Herb la Fouche (2024)
Adaptations	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series) (2008) The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (radio series) (2004–2019)
Related	Alexander McCall Smith bibliography

The Miracle at Speedy Motors

References

Related Articles