Thursday, April 7, 2011

The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith, 213 pages


Precious Ramotswe is the No. 1 Ladies Detective in Botswana. She is asked to investigate the death of two cows at a remote cattle post, while Grace Makutsi is busy finalizing plans for her wedding to Phuti Radiphuti. Both of them also are visited by visions of Mma Ramotswe's old white van that had been sold for scrap. Throw in an apprentice who may be the father of twins, and it all combines for a intriguing and interesting time for Precious.
This is a really good mystery series, that is different and well-done. Set in Africa, it has a different mindset than American mysteries, and concentrates more on human behavior and intrigues than blood and gore. The series on HBO was enjoyable but way too short.

1 comment:

  1. Thanks, I really love mysteries, I've got probably about 100 authors with series that I read. What's interesting is that I haven't been able to get into this author's other mystery series.

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