The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency is a novel by Alexander McCall Smiyh. The novel is set in Africa, in particular in Botswana. It’s about the life of Mma Precious Ramotswe, who loves her land, her country and her people. She did not have an easy life, her mother died when she was little and she was brought up by a her father’s cousin. She married but her husbnad hit her and her daughter died just after days of being born. When her father died, with the inheritance, she decided to realize her dream, to become a private detective.

Mma Ramotswe is kind, warm-hearted and large African lady. She is intelligent and she has a deep knowledge of human weaknesses. Mma Grace Makuti is a thin woman with a long face, large glasses and warm smile. She had the best grade as a secretary, she is the only employee of the agency. Sr. J.L.B.Matekon is not handsome, but he had a very kind face and he is very familiar with the people and costums of the area, he is the owner of a car repair garage and the best Mma Ramotswe’s friend. Mma Ramotswe with help of her secretary and her friend solves the problems.

I would recommend it because is a distracted and understanable book. This book is divided by different chapters, in each chapter she solved a different case. As she has not studied to be detective, many cases have been resolved thanks to her sense common. Moroever, issues are the problems that people have in their long daily live: spousal infidelities, religious beliefs, robberies, …

Montse Bosch,  English 4th