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Review: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Title: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★
Publisher: Anchor Books
Copyright: 1998
Pages: 235
Keywords: mystery
Reading period: 28 July, 2010

The first of the The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.

Mma Precious Ramotswe sets up a one-woman detective agency in Gaborne, the capital of her native Botswana. She is shrewd and observant and makes a go of it, despite the naysayers. The book is a collection of short episodes, loosely tied together. Her good nature helps lead her to find sat­is­fac­to­ry res­o­lu­tions for most of her clients.

Enjoyable, if frothy.

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