The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (13) (paperback)

I just love these charming tales about Precious Ramotswe, Ma Makutsi, Charlie, Fanwell and others that take place on Zebra Drive. Filled with wonderful aphorisms these seemingly simple tales of human trials and tribulations turn on the warmth of the human soul. Madame Potokwane, the matron of the orphan farm, is let go from the job to which she has dedicated her life and nearly every waking hour. Fanwell is in trouble with the law, and Ma Makutsi's husband Phuti builds a house with a crooked builder. However, new in this tale (spoiler alert) we meet Clovis Anderson, the author of the Principles of Private Detection and he helps Precious and Ma Makutsi solve their current dilemmas. Precious is the Yenta of Botswana, the Jessica Fletcher of Gaborone. I think that the author appears in the person of Clovis Anderson so I was particularly happy to meet him.