The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency

As winter turns to spring across Botswana’s red earth and slow green rivers, all is not well on Zebra Drive. Mma Ramotswe has plenty of work, ranging from thefts at the printing works to suspicious deaths at the Mochudi hospital. Meanwhile Mma Makutsi’s forthcoming mariiage appears to threaten a happy working relationship. But when Mr J. L. B. Matekoni – trying to prove himself a worthy husband – has a go at a little detective work, disaster looms…

Witty and wise, the latest instalment in the lives of McCall Smith’s extended Botswana family teaches the importance of trust, love and what really makes a good husband.