#The ladies detective agency series
The series is a global phenomenom, each new title rocketing up the bestselling charts, and spawning an entire industry unto itself that includes a BBC radio series, a popular HBO television adaptation starring American singer Jill Scott, a cookbook and now evidently a series of books aimed at young readers.Īlthough the self-taught sleuth is certainly a private detective, the books are a far cry from the mean streets of Chandler, Mosley, Hammett et al. Although there’s something downright cozy about the whole thing, what with its quirky, engaging cast and its on-going emphasis on their assorted domestic, romantic and emotional crises, it never devolves into frothy sap or cloying cuteness, and even a crank like me can find no other word for this series but “charming.”Īnd millions of fans seem to agree with me.
1 Ladies’ Detective Agency in Gaborone, Botswana, thus becoming that emerging south African nation’s first female detective. One of the most unlikely but likable of private eyes, PRECIOUS RAMOTSWE is a fat, jolly young (she’s only 22 in the first novel) woman who sets up The No.
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