Heading back to Botswana with Mma Ramotswe and her friends is always a pleasant change from the stress and upset of modern life. In this latest book, number 19 in a series spanning 20 years, Precious Ramotswe, owner of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, is inveigled into running for a seat on the Gaberone City Council by her good friend Mma Potokwane, the Matron of the local Orphan Farm: Mma Potokwane is not a woman who takes no for an answer, and Mma Ramotswe agrees that someone should stop conniving property developer Gobe Maruti from building the Big Fun Hotel right next to the local cemetery and disturbing the resting place of the late.
Mma Potokwani is convinced that Mma Ramotswe, with all her detective experience, will be able to stop the developer in his tracks. But Mma Ramotswe is not so sure that she is cut out for a political career, which involves public speaking, and argument, and being constantly in the public eye, but as her friends rally around her she decides to leave it all in God's hands. Her campaign slogan is simple: "I can't promise anything but I shall do my best." And as always, she does.
Another heartfelt and lyrical adventure from master storyteller McCall Smith.
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