The 14th installment in McCall Smith's well-loved cozy mystery series about Mma Precious Ramotswe and her friends, has a reflective, almost pensive feeling, as Mma Ramotswe attempts to reconcile the comfort of the familiar and reliable with the uncertainty and possibilites of change.
The Botswana of her childhood, the Botswana of her late father, is changing. The traditions of family life and the roles of husbands and wives are changing. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is changing, with the birth of Mma Makutsi's baby.
And Mma Ramotswe has taken on two new cases: one involves the identity of a nephew named to inherit a valuable farm; the other an anonymous campaign to wreck a fledging business owner's chance of success. In both instances Mma Ramotswe must consider not just actions but intentions to arrive at solutions that satisfy not just the letter of the law but the spirit. In the same way, Mma Ramotswe comes to a decision about the future of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
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