Review
"McCall Smith has great fondness for Botswana and paints a loving portrait of this peaceful, prosperous, and progressive country. . . . Wise and graceful."
_Booklist
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"Charming and hilarious. . . . In its own way, McCall Smiths world is as stylized and hermetic as those created by P.G. Wodehouse or Damon Runyona sweet and timeless bubble with its own morality, language and customs. Entering it can be a source of great comfort in these uncertain times."
_The Seattle Times
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"Youll never get through the wedding with dry eyes."
_Kirkus Reviews
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"[McCall Smith] again makes the sublime look easy. [He] has few peers in capturing the quiet moments of peoples lives, and his empathetic lead has one of the biggest hearts in modern literature. Even newcomers will quickly be drawn into Mma Ramotswes unconventional approach to investigations and rapidly feel that they are with old friends."
_Publishers Weekly_ (starred review)
"This is Mr. McCall Smith at his benevolent best, preaching the most gentle of philosophies and obviously recalling with affection his own memories of Botswana and his years there."
_The Washington Times
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Utterly charming and compulsively readable.
Newsweek
Kindness is paramount . . . Consistently satisfying . . . Genial [and] comforting.
The Christian Science Monitor
Endearing, amusing . . . Sparkles with African sunshine and wit.
The Dallas Morning News
Irresistible.
The New York Times Book Review
Charming, warmly affecting . . . As comfy cozy as can be.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
The pleasure of these sweet books lies in the clarity and gravity with which the characters reason through everyday dilemmas.
Entertainment Weekly
The best, most charming, honest, hilarious and life-affirming books to appear in years.
The Plain Dealer
Product Description
The latest installment in the beloved, best-selling series is once again a beautiful blend of wit and wisdom, and a profoundly touching tale of the human heart.
At a remote cattle post south of Gaborone two cows have been killed, and Precious Ramotswe, Botswanas No. 1 Lady Detective, is asked to investigate by a rather frightened and furtive gentleman. It is an intriguing problem with plenty of suspectsincluding, surprisingly, her own client.
To complicate matters, Mma Ramotswe is haunted by a vision of her dear old white van, and Grace Makutsi witnesses it as well. Is it the ghost of her old friend, or has it risen from the junkyard? In the meantime, one of Mr. J.L.B. Matekonis apprentices may have gotten a girl pregnant and, under pressure to marry her, has run away. Naturally, it is up to Precious to help sort things out. Add to the mix Violet Sephothos newly launched run for the Botswana Parliament and a pair of perfect wedding shoeswill wedding bells finally ring for Phuti Radiphuti and Grace Makutsi?and we have a charming and delightful tale in the inimitable style of Alexander McCall Smith.