1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith, set in Gaborone, Botswana, and featuring the Motswana protagonist Precious Ramotswe.

Tati Monyena works for the hospital in Mochudi, where a series of three deaths in the same bed in the intensive care unit, at the same time, on the same day of the week has caused concern.

Mr JLB Matekoni, first class mechanic who shares offices with the Detective Agency, meets the client, Mma Faith Botumile, who believes her husband is cheating on her.

One of the apprentices in the garage, Charlie, has an idea to run his own taxi service, with a used Mercedes Benz car he will buy on time from his boss, Mr JLB Matekoni, so he gives his notice.

There is no chance of a good position from her sarcastic, one-time classmate, which gives Grace Makutsi a moment to realize how much she likes her work at the Detective Agency.

He is distracted looking at her in the rear view mirror and drives through a red light into a truck; although no one is injured, his car is ruined, and he resumes his apprenticeship.

The first time he witnesses him speaking with Charlie Horzo, the bad guy of Gaborone, about financial events that will cause the stock to fall in his employer's company in about two weeks.

He reveals the conversation he overheard, which Ra Botumile understands: his colleague has been giving out private company information, a serious breach of the law.

With a notion from Mma Potokwane at the orphan farm, giving responsibility to a boy who was stealing, Grace Makutsi suggests a similar ploy for the employee suspected of the thefts, on her second visit.

Kirkus Reviews is impressed by the resolution of a case solved by Mma Ramotswe, as the "outpouring of mercy it provokes casts a welcome new light on Smith’s beloved Botswana, where everyone is honest and polite, except for the ones who aren’t."

Mma Ramotswe's husband, Mr JLB Matekoni, a first-class mechanic by profession, takes on one case, and shows "some deductions worthy of Sherlock Holmes in support of his status" as a first-time detective.

[2] A review by Barnes & Noble offers a similar positive view of this novel: "Part of the widespread appeal of this series lies in the tidbits of quiet wisdom sprinkled throughout each delightfully meandering narrative.