In the Company of Cheerful Ladies

alexander mccall smith

Precious Ramotswe is beset by problems, from a strange intruder in her house on Zebra Drive to the baffling appearance of a pumpkin, in the sixth novel of T he No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series that has captivated readers around the world. Both entertaining and moving, In the Company of Cheerful Ladies is another masterpiece of comic understatement from Alexander McCall Smith – a gentle and enigmatic mystery, and a love letter to Botswana and its people.

Genres mysteryfictionafricabotswanacrimeaudiobookcozy mysterydetectivemystery thrillerhumor

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,2004

Series

No. 1 Ladies/ Detective Agency

Places

gaborone,

This edition

Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Published: March 14, 2006 by Vintage Canada
ISBN: 9780676976236
ASIN: 0676976239
Language: English

Characters More characters

Precious Ramotswe

a clever and generous woman who runs the only female-headed detective agency in Botswana -- possibly the only detective agency; she solves crimes based on her knowledge of human nature and hard work...
Puso

a Masarwa orphan and the younger brother of Motholeli; they are Precious Ramotswe and Mr. J.L.B. Matakonis foster childrenmore...
Charlie The Older Apprentice

a feckless girl-crazy apprentice mechanic who never seems to get final approval for his full licence...
Mr. Polopetsi

an erroneously imprisoned pharmacist who becomes an employee at the garage and an assistant to Precious Ramotswe before becoming a high-school chemistry teacher. In "Blue Shoes ..." he has issues with his rich uncle.more...
Note Mokoti

a hard-drinking, abusive jazz trumpet player; he was Precious Ramotswes first husbandmore...
J.l.b. Matekoni

owner of Tlokweng Speedy Motors...

About the author

alexander mccall smith

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie Series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, and the 44 Scotland Street series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served on many national and international bodies concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and he was a law professor at the University of Botswana. He lives in Scotland. Visit him online at www.alexandermccallsmith.com, on Facebook, and on Twitter.