In Morality for Beautiful Girls, Precious Ramotswe, founder and owner of the only detective agency in Botswana, Africa, continues her private investigating work while coping with concerns that her business is not lucrative enough and Mr J.L.B. Matekoni ‘s (her fiancée) health concerns.
With the help of Mma Maktoni , who is now promoted to assistant detective AND newly promoted assistant manager of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors , they divide and conquer the tasks before them; Mma Ramotswe investigates the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important “Government Man”; while Mma Maktoni accepts a case to investigate the moral character of the four finalists of the Miss Beauty and Integrity Contest, the winner of which will almost certainly be a contestant for the title of Miss Botswana.
Once again, I loved the backdrop of Africa; the imagery is just enough that I can imagine being there myself: the hot noon-day sun, the white sky, the crawlies that can get in your shoes, and the dry dust. This time though, I did not care as much for the story line with Mr. Mr J.L.B. Matekoni. His ‘sudden’ illness of depression came across as out of character after the first two books. In addition, the two adopted children were hardly mentioned at all except in passing as, “Mma Rose was feeding them and they were enrolled in school.” Again, after the build up in the previous book, this seemed now to be an irrelevant point and I found that disappointing.
Still, my complaints are not enough to prevent me from reading the next in the series: The Kalahari Typing School for Men.
I recommend this book if you like Africa and enjoy a pleasant, leisurely read. A good beach book.
No comments:
Post a Comment