The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
by By McCall Smith, Alexander
Category: Fiction , Mystery & Detective , Women Sleuths

THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY - Book 8 Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, the basis of the HBO TV show, and its proprietor Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective.  In this charming series, Mma  Ramotswe navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, and good humor—not to mention help from her loyal assistant, Grace Makutsi, and the occasional cup of tea.   In the life of Precious Ramotswe–a woman duly proud of her fine traditional build– there is rarely a dull moment, and in the latest installment in the universally beloved  No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series there is much happening on Zebra Drive and  Tlokweng Road. Mma Ramotswe is experiencing staffing difficulties. First Mr. J.L.B.  Mate-koni asks to be put in charge of a case involving an errant husband. But can  a man investigate such matters as successfully as the number one lady detective can?  Then she has a minor falling-out with her assistant, Mma Makutsi, who decides to  leave the agency, taking the 97 percent she received on her typing final from the  Botswana Secretarial College with her.    Along the way, Mma Ramotswe is asked to  investigate a couple of tricky cases. Will she be able to explain an unexpected series  of deaths at the hospital in Mochudi? And what about the missing office supplies  at a local printing company? These are the types of questions that she is uniquely  well suited to answer.  In the end, whatever happens, Mma Ramotswe knows she can  count on Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, who stands for all that is solid and true in a shifting  world. And there is always her love for Botswana, a country of which she is justifiably  proud.