THE NO 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY BOOKS IN ORDER SERIES
The main detective, Mma Ramotswe, is a Motswana woman who is the protagonist in the series and whose story is told in the first novel from birth to opening the detective agency. The novels have been adapted for radio by the author and for television. Critical reception has matched the sales of the novels, generally positive, and considering the strength of the novels to be in the characters and Mma Ramotswe's wisdom rather than in the specific mysteries solved in each novel. In 2004, sales in English exceeded five million, and the series has been translated to other languages. The readership was at first small, then grew abruptly in popularity in the US and in England, beyond the author's home in Scotland. Each book in the series follows from the previous book. The novels are as much about the adventures and foibles of different characters as they are about solving mysteries. She feels a detective needs to know about people more than anything to solve problems for them. Mma Ramotswe starts up her detective agency using the inheritance from her father to move to the capital city, Gaborone, to buy a house for herself and an office for her new business. The country of Botswana is in a sense a character as well, as it figures prominently in the stories. Mma Precious Ramotswe is the main character in this series. Twenty-two novels have been published in the series between 19. The series is named after the first novel, published in 1998. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is a series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith set in Botswana and featuring the character Mma Precious Ramotswe. For the television film and series, see The No. The writing was easy to understand and the plot was interesting, which kept me turning every page until the book was over.For the first book in the series, see The No. Some of the mysteries are really quite funny, while others can be a bit scary!Īlthough I picked this book up from the adult section, I am sure that young readers will also enjoy this book and I recommend the entire series to you. Sometimes, while reading, I'd get so involved with the case Mma Ramostwe was solving that I wouldn't leave my chair until the case got over. I really enjoyed this book, I found it thoroughly entertaining.
This time, her marriage will not be a mistake. Matekoni, proposes to her, and she says yes.
Later on in the book, her good friend, Mr. Probably the funniest one is 'The Boyfriend' case. Ramotswe encounters lots of different cases in the book. It will be hard for me to continue with the storytelling because Ms. She named it The No.1 Ladies's Detective Agency. She married a trumpeter, Note Mokoti, but sadly, in the end, they were divorced when she got sick of getting beaten up by him.Īfter her father died, she used the money from their cattle farm to buy a small building and start her own little detective agency. She grew up to be a sensible, equal minded, smart and quite well educated woman. She didn't have a mother and was brought up by her father and her father's cousin. Anyway, back to the plot, enough with the blabbering! Precious (silly name, don't you think, for a grown up woman! I suppose it's a good nickname.) Ramotswe has had ups and downs in her life.
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