No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #8
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
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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...
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Puso
a Masarwa orphan and the younger brother of Motholeli; they are Precious Ramotswe and Mr. J.L.B. Matakonis foster childrenmore...
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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...
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J.l.b. Matekoni
owner of Tlokweng Speedy Motors...
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Motholeli
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...
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Phuti Radiphuti
a stuttering and good-hearted man who becomes first Grace Makutsis fiancé and then husband. Hes in the furniture businessmore...
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Violet Sepotho
a beautiful but unscrupulous fellow graduate of the Botswana Secretarial College; she is the nemesis of Grace Makutsi...
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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...
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Fanwell The Younger Apprentice
the kind-hearted, naïve automotive apprentice to Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni...
