A pleasant read.

I love Mma Ramotswe. I love her values and her wisdom. I love the way she interacts with all the other wonderful characters in these charming stories, that are so well-read in the audio books. Key word is "charming". Nothing terribly controversial or upsetting or edgy here. They are great books to listen to in the car or at bed-time. They are tame, suitable for the tenderest ears but not at all boring. Delightful.

When these books first came out, I thought they were brilliant, as they were something completely different. But having gone back to this series after something like 6 years , I did find this was quite repetitive. The story was fine and the description of the countryside was interesting, and the relationships between the characters was amusing, but I found it kept going over the same thing. I will carry on with the books as I have a few unread here, but doubt if I will buy any more.

This isn't a bad one for the series. I don't think it added much new, but I did have fun with it. Not my favorite, but not my least favorite either. Just good fun.

These simple and sweet audiobooks are good for when I am having a hard time focusing while sick.

As I have said many times before...I love this author and I love this series. There is something so comforting to listen to Lisette Lecat read these lovely relaxing stories. I love the names, the lyrical speech and the unhurried flow of the low key situations. It seems like everything is topsy-turvy at the garage/detective agency on Tlokweng Road. Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni wants to head up an investigation for his wife, Mma Ramotswe. One of the mechanics from the garage wants to start his own taxi service and Mma Makutsi, now that's engaged to a professional man, is no longer sure she wants to continue working for someone else. All of this plus 3 unusual deaths at the hospital and missing supplies from a local printing company rounds out the story. I'm so happy there are 13 more books in the series.

It’s a time of change around the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Mma Makutsi resigns! And so does the apprentice Charlie! Will they be back? Mr JLB Matekoni does some investigating on allegations of an extramarital affair and finds a curious photo of his wife in the process. There is a matter of suspicious hospital deaths that lingers over the entire span of the book, and the detective agency has run out of bush tea.

Bonus point for this installment of the series for having a printshop scene with a reference to letterpress printing. Reading these books is like seeing an old friend.

I always begin a new book in this series thinking here we go again but I am quickly seduced by the gentle lilting stories and genuinely like all of the characters. Of course there are moments of conflict but we could all learn something from the way the characters deal with it.

impossible to describe the calm and joy this author and these books have brought me throughout my life. i started reading the series as a teenager, and have reread them all through out my life. Alexander McCall Smith writes for this female character Mma Romatswe with absolute precision to her - i feel like i know and love her like a family member. reading these mysteries, woven together with such beautiful attention, make me feel the entire range of human emotion possible, all with a gentleness of being told in a calm relaxed thoughtful tone. i really equate the feeling of reading a book by this author with actually drinking a warm sweet cup of tea. it is that comforting. 5 stars for every book of this series.

As usual, absolutely loved this one in the series as well. The death on Friday mystery was barely a mystery. In fact, I reckon the story was a popular joke when I was growing up. But McCall Smith still has a way with words. Starting the next one today itself!

"This is the first book of this series that I've read and I loved it! I really enjoyed getting to know Mma Ramotswe and her beloved Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, and their foster children, Motholeli and Paso. Her assistant Mma Makutsi and her fiancee Phuti Radiphuti of the Double comfort Furniture Store. I also loved the descriptions of their lovely country of Botswana. I would love to go there and see the sights described in the book and drink Red Bush Tea. For a mystery, it was so enjoyable and light hearted that I caught myself smiling a lot while reading through the pages.
Look out, Book one! I'll be reading you soon"! :D

Another fun read in this series. This time, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni ventures into detective work. And, for a brief period, some employees leave the agency and the garage. I appreciated the way it ended as well, on the theme of mercy.