The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was a thoroughly enjoyable read. The culture and geography of Botswana came alive and the tales of missing husbands, missing children and missing cattle unraveled scrupulously.
The lovely use of English set an agreeable pace and the reader might imagine this pace was in accord with the pace of life in the Kalahari Desert.
Mma Ramotswe is the detective and she has an uncanny ability to pry information out of people with friendly questions and brief impersonations all punctuated with many cups of tea.
She describes herself as a "woman of a certain size" and this does not trouble her in the least. It seems she has been gifted in equal measure with an abundance of flesh and an abundance of common sense.
Working against the belief in her village and the surrounding towns that women cannot be detectives, she doggedly and successfully peels back layers of deception to solve mysteries and to make a difference in the lives of those who need her.
Two thumbs up!
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