This is a book where writing is beautiful in its simplicity. Mma Ramotswe is the first lady detective in Botswana, fulfilling both hers and her father’s dream of owning her own business successfully. Although she is off to a precarious start, and has to take on occasionally less desirable cases (involving dogs, for example), she always uses her wise intuition and her cunning instincts to outsmart even the shadiest of characters. And as we hear her cases unfold, we also get a taste of Africa, which is as rich an experience as the stories themselves.
Between the twists and turns of the story lines, the beautiful and colorful characters and the rich landscape in which the events unfold, this book is absolutely delightful. I have seen it advertised for so many years and have not known what I’ve been missing all this time! I now find myself wanting to read the other sequels to this to see what other adventures await.
I highly recommend this to all of you as well. In this time of political distress, and when the news is so oppressively sad, this is a beautiful distraction.
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