NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIES

It carries undertones of proverbial wisdom that appeals to a varied audience of readers. 1 Ladies Detective Agency is a very simple, light story that is paced extremely well.

NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIES

It was such that set up the rest of the series perfectly and peaked your interest at the end. It wasn’t the standard ‘And they all lived happily ever after,’ ending. Her character appeals to an audience overwhelmingly under-represented in literature, and this makes her character striking and memorable. She is not intimidated by rank and prestige, as evidenced in her dealings with the wealthy impressionable Mr Patel. She is the perfect heroine strong, a bastion of justice, determined. 1 Lady detective herself, the latter of which carries an air of integrity in all of her dealings, even if it’s something as mundane as pouring her clients a cup of red bush tea. McCall creates likeable characters whose heroism resides in their relatability such as Obed, J.L.B. It was this somewhat fable-like tone of the story, told in a mostly expository manner, that at times made it feel a bit mechanical and dull. Rather it seems virtuous, almost proverbial, as though each case was like a fable that conveyed a moral at the end such as Don’t Cheat, Be Honest. His writing evokes the kind of simplicity that lacks the ornament of verbose narration. I loved the ease with which he described looking out into the fields of cattle and the Kalahari, effortless and unexacting. McCall Smith has a writing style that is simple and engaging. The series has been adapted for both radio and television.

The series was written by Scottish Author Alexander McCall Smith beginning in 1998 with the latest addition to the series being published recently in 2017.

Armed with her faithful assistant and little white van, this unafraid, candidly spoken lady aims to be the best lady detective in the country. Along the way, she is presented with many a mystery that she is determined to solve.

1 Ladies Detective Agency is the first in a series of books, published in 1998 about a young woman Mma Precious Ramotswe* who after the death of her father and abusive marriage, decides to set up shop as Botswana’s one and only lady detective, much to her father’s disapproval.

No. 1 ladies detective agency