The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

When I visited my mom a few months ago, she was getting rid of some books, so I took a few that looked good to me--including The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith.  This book is about Precious Ramotswe who uses her inheritance to start a new business--a detective agency near her home in Africa.  She slowly builds up her business and solves cases of missing husbands, wayward daughters, conmen, and other mysteries brought to her by her friends and neighbors.

This was a really fun book.  Once I got into it, it was an enjoyable read.  There was a case introduced early in the book that wasn't solved till the end, so that kept me interested as I followed all the other cases in between.  Mma Ramotswe was an entertaining and likable character, so it was fun to be part of her world throughout the book.  This was kind of a fluff read, but I liked it and would read more in the series next time I don't have a book to read.

Rating: * * (2/3 = Liked it)