The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander M. Smith
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Book Summary Author: Alexander M. Smith Narrator: Lisette Lecat Edition: Music CD Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2008-03 ISBN: 1428185402 Publisher: Recorded Books |
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Book Reviews of the The Miracle at Speedy Motors
Customer Review: Light and enjoyable, but not the best of the novels
Summary: 4 Stars
Precoius Ramotswe is back, and Alexander McCall Smith has written another good installment in the Number One Ladies Detective Agency.
While it isn't the best in the series that I have read, it still has a number of the features which I think makes this series so compelling. The complex relationships, the gentle humour, the rather small issues that the Number One detective Agency has to solve, but they are all set against larger themes such as traditional life in Botswana and other broader issues of life in an Africa Country.
There are a number of things for Mma Ramotswe to solve. Her paid case in this installment is to find a woman's family. She does not know who they are or even if they are, she is just sure she was adopted and wants to find out if she has any family. However - first and foremost are the nasty letters which the agency is receiving, threatening and personal. Then there is her adopted daughter who is in a wheelchair. Mr J L B Matekoni has met a doctor who says he can heal her and is determined to try no matter what the cost.
Mma Makutsi's wedding date has not been set, and she is privately worried. It is affecting her work and when she takes a morning off, distracted, Mma Ramotswe is forced to wonder just what will happen when Mma Makutsi gets married...will she leave the agency? will she demand to be made more than associate detective?
Luckily, or unluckily Mma Makutsi has a disaster with a piece of furniture and her reliance on Mma Ramotswe is confirmed!
All these 'disasters' are affecting life at the Number one ladies detective agency, especially when it seems that one of their own may be perpetrating the nasty letters. Luckily it is the Apprentice Charlie who saves the day discovering the culprit which results in a hilarious chase through the local supermarket.
This series really is wonderful. The small things in life, such as rain, cattle, new shoes, furniture, a filing cabinet which is locked - they fill the integral plot keys to a larger life.
While this novel was warm and friendly, I just enjoyed others more. However I would still highly recommend this book. My favourite so far, I think, was the Kalahari Typing School for Men - but they are really all wonderful reading!