The Miracle at Speedy Motors: A No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Novel (9)
by Alexander Mccall Smith
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Author: Alexander Mccall SmithEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-03-10
ISBN: 0307277461
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Anchor
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Summary: 5 Stars
The agency occupies a small office at the side of a garage. Precious Ramotswe enjoys tracing people. Mma Ramotswe believes an anonymous missive is the work of an envious person.
Mma Ramotswe's methodology as a detective is derived from reading Clovis Andersen's THE PRINCIPLES OF PRIVATE DETECTION. Mma Sebina is the client. She wants the detective to find out her real birth date and some people. Mr. Matekoni is Mma Ramotswe's husband. The couple have two foster children. Mr. Matekoni has recovered from his depression and his doctor has instructed him to avoid anxiety.
Grace Makutsi, Mma Ramotswe's assistant, is engaged to Phuti Radiphuti. He is the proprietor of The Double Comfort Furniture Shop. It is arranged a new bed is to be stored at Mma Makutsi's residence until after the wedding. (Marriage negotiations have stalled over a relative's request to the groom that he provide an astronomical number of cattle.)
Trying to discover her client's biography, Mma Ramotswe is informed by one person that she was an ungrateful child. In the rains the new bed that had been stored against Grace Makutsi's house, since the door was too small to permit it to be carried indoors, is ruined. The headboard had been heart-shaped.
When Precious Ramotswe drives out to the countryside where she had resided as a child she determines she should solve the problems troubling her mind by assuming that everyone is telling the truth. Mma Ramotswe keeps the Botswana Penal Code in her office for reference. In it some things tending to disturb the peace are not covered.
The charming characters in this series have been made, not surprisingly, into a television show. The story in this novel is amusing. More interesting yet are some of the peculiarities of language. A heavy woman is someone of traditional build. A person who dies is someone who has become late.
Summary of The Miracle at Speedy Motors: A No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Novel (9)
In the latest installment of the universally beloved, bestselling series, Mma Ramotswe discovers the biggest miracles in life are often the smallest.Under the endless skies of Botswana, there is always something Mma Ramotswe can do to help someone and here she finds herself assisting a woman looking for her family. The problem is the woman doesn't know her real name or whether any of her family members are still alive. Meanwhile, Mma Makutsi is the recipient of a beautiful new bed that causes more than a few sleepless nights. And, at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni has come under the influence of a doctor promising a miracle cure for his daughter's medical condition, which Mma Ramotswe finds hard to accept. Nonetheless, Precious Ramotswe handles these things in her usual compassionate and good-natured way, while always finding time for a cup of red bush tea. www.alexandermccallsmith.comLiterature & Fiction Books
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