Reading one of Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels is like visiting with an old friend. The latest entry, The Colors of All the Cattle (#813) continues the story of Mma Precious Ramotswe, her family, friends and employees of the sole detective agency in Botswana.
Mma Ramotswe has never been able to resist Mma Potokwane's fruit cake, or in this book, the pressure from her to run for a vacant Gaborone City Council seat. Politics in the last thing Mma Ramotswe is interested in, but when it is discovered that if she does not run, Violet Sephotho will be the unopposed candidate for the seat. At stake is the potential development of a large hotel right next to a cemetery for many of Gaborone's late citizens. How are their loved ones to visit them in peace if the powerful developer's plans succeed? There would be the added satisfaction of being able to foil one of Violet's schemes to take advantage of others.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is meanwhile involved in what at first appears to be a hopeless hit-and-run case. Charlie, as detective-in-training, lends an unexpected hand as he seems at long last to be interested in only one young lady.
Mma Ramotswe's Botswana never fails to be a wonderful place to spend a few relaxing hours!
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