"Ramotswe has opened Botswana's first and only detective agency staffed by women. Smith traverses this landscape with an air of simplicity, euphony, and harmony, never patronizing Precious and never boring the reader. I loved every word."--Barbara Peters, The Poisoned Pen, Scottsdale, Arizona. An International Book of the Year for 1998.
General Note
Originally published: Edinburgh : Polygon, 1998.
"Today's book club"--Cover.