{"id":4159,"date":"2018-04-25T01:01:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T05:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/fiction\/?p=4159"},"modified":"2018-03-03T18:02:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T23:02:07","slug":"book-review-the-no-1-ladies-detective-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/fiction\/2018\/04\/book-review-the-no-1-ladies-detective-agency.html","title":{"rendered":"Book Review : The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"Finding a dependable author is hard. Finding a dependable author with a book series, who delivers the goods with every book, is harder! There is so much hype these days with every blogger, every writer with an opinion recommending books. It has gotten very difficult separating the wheat from the chaff. So when I can get my hands on a book of \u201cNo. 1 Ladies\u2019 Detective Agency\u201d series, I consider myself very lucky. Author Alexander McCall Smith is fabulous, and although he writes quite a bit (and multiple series too!) each book is a work of quality. Precious Ramotswe, the protagonist, or lead detective in all these books is one of my favorite fictional characters<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"I recently read Books 14, 15, 16 and 17 of the \u201cNo. 1 Ladies\u2019 Detective Agency\u201d Series. In each book Mma Ramotswe tackles slightly different problems with logic, patience and good humor. In #14 \u201cThe Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon\u201d<\/strong> she must figure out why a new beauty salon is getting a bad reputation from the get-go, while in #15 \u201cThe Handsome Man\u2019s De Luxe Caf\u00e9\u201d<\/strong> she must suss out the identity of a mysterious Indian woman, and help her assistant Grace Makutsi solve restaurant-running problems. In #16 \u201cThe Woman Who Walked in Sunshine\u201d<\/strong> Mma Ramotswe, persuaded by the indefatigable Mma Makutsi decides to take a holiday, but a sensitive case comes in and she isn\u2019t sure if Mma Makutsi is up to the task. In #17 \u201cPrecious and Grace\u201d<\/strong> both the ladies of the No. 1 Ladies\u2019 Detective Agency must handle a case and judge whether some things are better left in the past.<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"Each of these books is delightful, and seeing that I\u2019ve read books of these series after quite a while, I savored each one. The beauty of these books and this series comes not just from the interesting cases that come through, but from the wisdom, compassion and good old common sense that flow from Mma Ramotswe\u2019s lips and actions. These books are very different from typical who-dun-it mysteries, like Agatha Christie\u2019s (also an author I adore) for example, because the mysteries themselves rarely involve murder\/violence. The issues to be resolved revolve around human behavior, and Mma Ramotswe as detective-in-chief must handle each one with wit and grace.<\/p>\n

The entire series is gorgeous. Do go read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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