Mma Ramotswe, happily married to Mr. J:LB Maketoni, owner of Tolkengway Speedy Motors, has some personal issues to resolve in this edition. Note Makoti has turned up in town and is demanding money from her and is threatening to ruin her marriage, she found an intruder under her bed, and a mysterious pumpkin in her flowerbed. Meanwhile, at the garage, one of the apprentices has flown the coup with a rich lady, Mma Makutsi has taken up dancing lessons, and her van is stolen. I found this to be a fun light read. No big mysteries to be solved, but a series of smaller ones interwoven into the lives of Mma Makutsi, Mma Ramotswe and Rra Maketoni. Some new characters are introduced and some old faces reappear.
The downside is watching the HBO series and then reading the books - the series pulls from multiple books and multiple subplots and just when I think I've caught up in the series I realize that I had already seen the story on DVD. Still, fun to see how HBO brings the characters, plots and Botswana to life.
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