![]() ![]() Readers also hear the author’s voice as he provides gentle commentary on universal issues. Important common themes appear throughout all the stories in the series, and they include compassion, kindness, graciousness, reflection, good manners, forgiveness, and inclusiveness. The focus of her work at the Ladies’ Detective Agency is on righting small injustices. She is a proponent of the old Botswana morality and the traditional ways (especially the old way of greeting others). Idealistically, she believes that people are good and kind and want to enjoy themselves and take care of each other. In fact, she always chooses kindness and forgiveness as her response and never revenge. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, is a “traditionally built woman,” gentle, honest, inclusive, compassionate, full of common sense, thoughtful, gracious, and wise. Mma Ramotswe, founder and owner of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective (21 installment) series is a gentle, character-driven, charming, easy reading series filled with likable characters reflecting on life, drinking tea, embracing tradition, and investigating human nature in sunny Botswana, Africa. *This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I’m linking up today with Davida The Chocolate Lady’s Book Review Blog for #throwbackthursday. gentle, character-driven stories, Botswana culture. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series by Alexander McCall Smith…. On Thursdays, I’ll be re-sharing a few of these great reads, and today I’m eager to share two reviews of a series on my lifetime favorites list, No. In 2020, I decided to systematically revisit my older review posts and update them. Genre/Categories: Contemporary Fiction, Botswana, Gentle Mysteries, Amateur Sleuths, “UpLit” ![]() 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series by Alexander McCall Smith
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