By Alexander McCall Smith
This volume is 8th in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series and continues the high standards of writing and character development set in the first. Prolific author McCall Smith brings back his beloved cast of characters: Detective Precious Ramotswe, her mechanic husband J L B Matekoni, and Grace Makutsi (assistant to Mma Ramotswe and who scored a 97% on her exam at the secretarial school).
In this installment, Mma Ramotswe solves a mystery involving a series of patients who have all died in the same hospital bed. Meanwhile, her husband thinks he would like to solve a case and takes on a client who thinks her husband is cheating on her. At the same time, Mma Makutsi is thinking she wants a change of career. Themes of love and forgiveness, ambition and pride are nicely and believable interwoven. All think they was to be detectives - or something other than their present jobs - and all eventually find satisfaction and redemption.
Alexander McCall Smith is a native of Zimbabwe and worked for a time in Botswana, where this series is set. He writes with such warmth that it is clear that he loves the nation and people of Botswana.
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