In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) Book

Precious Ramotswe that cheerful Botswanan private investigator of 'traditional build' is now married to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. The Agency is busy but Mma Ramotswe cannot ignore the plea which is made by a woman who comes to her with a tale of particular misfortune. Unfortunately her attempts to help are interrupted by a close encounter between her tiny white van and a bicycle and by a spectacular disagreement between her assistant Mma Makutsi and one of the apprentices at the garage. This apprentice has found a fancy girlfriend who drives a Mercedes-Benz. How can he be rescued from his folly? And as for Mma Makutsi she has found a dancing class and a man who may not be able to dance very well but who admires her greatly. And all of this happens against a background of quiet sessions of bush tea and of a land that stretches out forever under mile upon mile of empty sky...

The sixth book in the multi-million copy bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency seriesThe one where Mma Makutsi finds a dancing partner . . . Although Mma Ramotswe and Mr J. L. B. Matekoni have finally settled down, at the shared premises of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and Speedy Motors, the staff - especially Mma Makutsi and Charlie the garage apprentice - are not mixing in a perfectly peaceful manner. But in the course of investigating her latest case, of a very unhappy young lady, Mma Ramotswe's tiny white van comes into contact with a man on a bicycle who might be able to restore harmony. And Mma Makutsi does at last seem to have found someone special... 'A rare pleasure' Daily Telegraph'Gentle, rich' Sunday Times'A strong, independent and endearing model for contemporary women' Boston Globe'A literary confection... there is no end to the pleasure' New York Times