Mma Ramotswe is back for the twelfth time in The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (#86) by Alexander McCall Smith. This time the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency only has one puzzling cattle maiming case to solve, but there's plenty going on as Grace Makutsi prepares at long last for her wedding with Phuti Radiphuti. With Grace, it's all about the shoes and in this case it's the shoes she doesn't wear to her wedding that lead to serveral surprising breakthroughs for her and everyone else at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors.
Family, friends, love of country and traditional values make this series set in modern day Botswana warm, comfortable and satisfying. There are unpleasant things that happen: Phuti's slow recovery from the loss of his foot, a mysterious someone disabling cattle instead of killing them outright, even the political aspirations of Violet Sephotho, long Grace's rival. But these are balanced by Mma Ramotse's clever and compassionate solutions that deliver justice and allow the wrong doer a chance to mend his or her ways.
If you've already read any of Mr. McCall Smith's fine books, you don't need me to tell you to get your hands on this book. If you haven't made the acquaintance of these characters yet, it's time to discover a new country. I just hope you have a better time than I did remembering the exact title!
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