Fifth-First Ladies' Detective Agency
While we were in New Orleans, I took a bit of a break from school reading, and enjoyed Alexander McCall Smith's The Full Cupboard of Life. It's the fifth in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, and just as delightful as the first four.
Mma Ramotswe is given the job of vetting the four suitors of a rich businesswoman; Mma Makutsi faces moving to a new house, and the lack of a suitor; Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni verges on the Big Jump, and fights off a threat to all mechanics in Botswana; and Mma Potokwane has to raise funds for the Orphan Farm.
It also seems that everyone is threatening to write a book.
The book (like the series) is upbeat, good-hearted, humorous and delightful. Tears were shed at one point.
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