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The No. 1 Ladies� Detective Agency

This is my third time through AM Smith’s lovely launch of this series. I adore Mma Ramotswe, and Mma Makutsi and the entire cast of characters that appear throughout the 19 books that comprise (so far!) this enchanting group about Botswana and the further adventures of No. 1 Ladies� Detective Agency. I enjoy the narrator of the audio format, Lesette Lecat, and look forward to each new book.

Precious Ramotswe is traditionally built, and here at the start of the series is not yet married � she has been in a nightmare marriage, and has other harrowing experiences, not the least of which is losing her father. This makes an orphan of her, this very well-loved daughter, and she needs to figure out what she is going to do for a living, and with her copy of The Principles of Private Detection by Clovis Andersen clutched to her ample bosom, decides to open her agency for business. From there, the delights fall out page after page.

This is a delightful series � all kinds of issues have been tackled: infidelity, voodoo, witchcraft, overweening pride, country people v city people, to school or not to school, African traditions, religion, AIDS/HIV, men v women, orphans, displaced people set right, virtue, justice, death, depression, domestic violence, forgiveness/reconciliation, true friendship, revenge (worth it or not?) and so many others!

These are quick reads, and I like to read them in order because of the new people introduced, although I suspect that is just my OCD hanging out again. I’d bet a person can pick them up out of order, especially once they have ready the first one, and catch on sufficiently to hang on and enjoy the ride to the same degree my walk of order dictates.

Because they are re-readables, I give them 5 stars!