Just want to recommend a great book (and the first in a series). If you haven't read Alexander McCall Smih you're in for a real treat! This is Wikopedia's synopsis.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is a series of nine novels (as of 2008) by Rhodesian-born author Alexander McCall Smith. The eponymous agency is located in modern-day Gaborone, capital of Botswana. Its founder is a fictional Botswana woman, Mma Precious Ramotswe, who features as the stories' protagonist and main detective.
The episodic novels are as much about the adventures and foibles of different characters as they are about solving mysteries. They must be read in order of writing as, although each book is complete in itself, each book follows on from the previous book.
A TV series of 13 episodes is to be produced by the BBC to be shown on BBC One in the UK and on HBO in the US. An hour and three-quarter long pilot for the series was broadcast on BBC One on 23 March 2008 (Easter Sunday) with filming of the remaining episodes to commence during the summer.[1]
I loved this series and hope that the BBC version does it justice! (May have to install HBO for this one!
Sharon
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