In the Company of Cheerful Ladies

Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's most endearing private investigator, has found contentment in marriage to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, owner of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. As her detective agency flourishes with cases, Mma Ramotswe takes on a particularly troubling assignment from a desperate client—only to find her investigation derailed by an accident involving her white van and a bicycle, and further complicated by a heated dispute between her spirited assistant Mma Makutsi and an apprentice. This installment in Alexander McCall Smith's beloved series captures the warmth and wit of life in Botswana, where everyday obstacles become opportunities for wisdom and understanding.