Welcome to 2023! On Mondays this year, let’s discuss and have fun with books. No I’m not writing book reviews. But this website is for writers, and writers like books right? So let’s have FUN with books!
Week 12 – The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency is a series of mystery novels set in Botswana by Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith. The main protagonist is Mma Precious Ramotswe. She opens her country’s first female detective agency using an inheritance from her father.
https://www.alexandermccallsmith.com/series/no-1-detective-agency
There are more than 20 books in this series
https://www.orderofbooks.com/characters/no-1-ladies-detective-agency/
It was made into a TV series
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1356380/
Botswana is a country in the south of Africa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana
Fun facts about Botswana
https://atlascorps.org/fun-facts-about-botswana/
I’ve read the first book in this series. It was a very different type of mystery and I loved learning about a new setting and culture. Have you read any of these books?
