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...
a Masarwa orphan and the younger brother of Motholeli; they are Precious Ramotswe and Mr. J.L.B. Matakonis foster childrenmore...
a feckless girl-crazy apprentice mechanic who never seems to get final approval for his full licence...
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...
a hard-drinking, abusive jazz trumpet player; he was Precious Ramotswes first husbandmore...
owner of Tlokweng Speedy Motors...
a Masarwa orphan who is in a wheelchair due to polio; she loves mechanics and is the sister of Puso; they are Precious Ramotswe and Mr. J.L.B. Matekonis foster childrenmore...
a stuttering and good-hearted man who becomes first Grace Makutsis fiancé and then husband. Hes in the furniture businessmore...
a beautiful but unscrupulous fellow graduate of the Botswana Secretarial College; she is the nemesis of Grace Makutsi...
a bespectacled super secretary who rises to become Precious Ramtoswes assistant at the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency; she graduated from the Botswana Secretarial College with a never-equaled 97 percent; she goes a long way from her roots in im...
the kind-hearted, naïve automotive apprentice to Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni...
Phuti Radiphutis father and the owner of the Double Comfort Furniture Storemore...