The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency

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Summary: Heartwarming book
Review: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency is the delightful first story of Precious Ramotswe, a single woman in Botswana who opens a detective agency and is immediately besieged with calls for help. Precious helps a woman to find her husband, shows another that a man is really just after her money, and tries to determine if someone has been the victim of witchdoctors. Precious is a likable character, and I think it is her warmth that makes the book work so well. She was once, at a much younger age, the victim of bad judgment herself, when she got married too quickly to the wrong man. Precious now has the attentions of a few men who aren't so sure she should stay single.

This is a fun, quick read - a delightful story.


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Summary: A glimpse at Southern Africa
Review: Many of us in the United States know very little about Africa. This book, the first in a multi-volume series by Smith, provides an insightful, thoughtful, and sensitive look at Botswana, its people and its lifestyle.

This book is fun and informative, and I strongly recommend it to anyone who wishes to enjoy a few hours a pleasant leisure. I just wish that there were similar books on Eastern Africa and Western Africa that provided the same enjoyment and insight into the wonderful continent of Africa.