The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (#198) is a welcome return visit to Botswana's most famous (and only!) private detective, Precious Ramotswe, in Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
Just in time for a lazy summer afternoon, this latest outing begins with Mma Ramotswe's dream of meeting a familiar stranger. Who should it turn out to be but Clovis Andersen, author of The Principles of Private Detection, her agency's professional Bible? He's just in time to help Mma Ramotswe and her newly-wed associate Mma Makutsi deal with some troublesome issues. Mma Potokwane has been dismissed from her job overseeing the orphan farm, an unthinkable situation. Fanwell, one of Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni's mechanics, has been arrested! And Mma Makutsi herself is being totally disregarded by the builder her husband has hired to construct their dream home.
As always, Precious Ramotswe's love for her native country shines through Mr. McCall Smith's warm and affectionate descriptions. We, along with Clovis Andersen, fall in love with Botswana and its traditional values and traditionally built ladies and gentlemen all over again. Will Mma Makutsi's dream of the Limpopo Academy of Private Dectection ever come to fruition? I hope we'll find out in a future book...
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