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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 823.914 EAN: 9781400075706 ISBN: 140007570X Label: Anchor Manufacturer: Anchor Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: March 14, 2006 Publisher: Anchor Release Date: March 14, 2006 Studio: Anchor Editorial Review: Product Description: In this latest, widely praised addition to the beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, the charming and ever-resourceful Precious Ramotswe finds herself faced with new challenges—and intriguing surprises. Precious is busier than usual at the detective agency when she discovers an intruder in her house on Zebra Drive—and perhaps even more baffling--a pumpkin on her porch. Her associate, Mma Makutsi, also has a full plate. She's taken up dance lessons, only to be partnered with a man with two left feet. And at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, where Mr J.L.B. Matekoni is already overburdened with work, one of his apprentices has run off with a wealthy older woman. But what finally rattles Mma Ramotswe’s normally unshakable composure is a visitor who forces her to confront a difficult secret from her past. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Warm, witty, and wiseSixth book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Mma Ramotswe is dismayed to see the erosion of the traditional values of Botswana as modern life becomes more and more about material possessions. She does her best to set a good example, but falls short from time to time. Now married to Mr. J.L.B. Matekone, Mma Ramotswe continues to run the detective agency while many issues in her personal life cause her worry. A strange man breaks into her house, someone leaves her a pumpkin, ... Read More Rating:  - Not much of a mysteryAfter I read Alexander Mccall Smith's very funny Op-Ed piece "The Really Terrible Orchestra" in the NY Times, I decided to try one of his books. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (No.1 Ladies Detective Agency) was a real bore. No actual story line and certainly no mystery. I will pass on the rest of his books. MER Rating: - Absolute delight!This is the sixth book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. The author does a fine job in giving the reader appropriate background so that she can follow the story even if she has not read the first 5 books in the series. I have read all the previous ones. I highly recommend all the books in the series. If you have been following this series, you may find parts of this one repetitive. I suppose with any series the author has to balance appealing to new and existing readers. A ... Read More Rating: - Delight in Cheerful Ladies!In the Company of Cheerful Ladies, the sixth book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith continues to delight the reader, by allowing us to visit the enchanted world of Botswana through the eyes of the number one lady detective Precious Ramotswe. We peak into a foreign world which seems oddly familiar. It is a world we knew during days of Andy Griffith and Leave It to Beaver. This time however we see the world through African eyes. Precious Ramotswe, is a Botswanan ... Read More Rating: - Mystery and Laugh Out Loud FunnyO Boy! Want some mystery? Good clean humor? No violence? Precious Ramotswe, a traditionally-built woman without apology, and her pals are here for us. She and her assistant, Grace (who gets advice from her colorful designer shoes), are very entertaining and many times, laugh-out-loud funny. I read the entire Ladies' Detective series in a couple of weeks. The books average about 200+ pages each. Set in modern Botswana and written by Alexander Mccall Smith, the reader may be encouraged to visit Botswana ... Read More |
