The Great Hippopotamus Hotel by Alexander McCall Smith
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
published 2024
This is a detective book, but not like so many other detective books, there is no body count, there are no car chases or fights. Things go at a more sedate pace, there is a great deal of thought going into finding the solutions to the problems, thought and diplomacy and a lot of tea and cake.
Mma Ramotswe doesn’t rush anywhere, nor does she jump to conclusions, Mma Makutsi can tend to do that, but she isn’t the one in charge. Mma Ramotswe, listens to everyone, she never rushes them, and then asses the facts before she comes to a conclusion. Then it is a case of working out how to solve things, once she has worked out what has happened, where they go from there. It is detection, but it is gentle and polite, a summer afternoon, sat on a veranda with tea and cake.
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