What a delightful surprise to find The House of Unexpected Sisters (#731) on the shelves of my local library! I had somehow managed to miss the fact that there had been an addition to Alexander McCall Smith's wonderful No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
I'm not sure why these books are so appealing and satisfying to read. The mysteries aren't any great shakes; Precious Ramotswe and her staff will eventually figure out what made people behave badly or in unexpected ways. It's more that the characters that populate this African-based series are so full of both the virtues and the foibles that we can easily recognize in ourselves, families and co-workers. Despite the exotic locale, the people we meet in these pages are just like us in what makes them tick.
In this outing, Mma Ramotswe, Mma Makutsi and Rra Polopetsi untangle a complicated case of an unfair employee firing, discover a threat to Mma Makutsi's husband's furniture business and uncover an unknown Mma Ramotswe who will change Precious' life.
Brew up that pot of red bush tea and prepare to settle in for a cozy visit with these literary friends!
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