Tears of the Giraffe

By Alexander McCall Smith

Like the previous book, this one is also filled with humour and makes for an entartaining read.

Precious Ramotswe is now firmly established as Botswana's first and only lady detective. She is also about to marry Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, owner of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors.

This time around Mma Ramotswe helps an American woman find out the truth about her son's disappearence in the Kalahari desert ten years ago. She also reveals the plot of Mr. Matekoni's housemaid who is planning to get rid of Precious so she can continue to meet her male “friends” at Mr. Matekoni's house during the day.

It is not only Mma Ramotswe who is searching for clues as her secretary at the Detective Agency, Mma Makutsi, receives her first case and gets promoted to Assistant Detective.

On the home front, her fiancé, Mr. Matekoni, gets talked into taking in a pair of orphans, and is of course worried how Precious is going to respond to that once she finds out. After all, they are about to be married.

Highy recommended reading.