As Botswana awaits the familiar blessing of the rains and the resumption of the eternal cycle
seismic upheaval is taking place at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Not only is Mr J. L. B.
Matekoni attempting to reform himself into a modern husband but after her marriage to Phuti
Radiphuti Mma Ramotswe's challenging but irreplaceable associate Mma Makutsi has joyful news.
With the arrival of an heir to the Double Comfort furniture empire and Mma Makutsi busy with
motherhood cobras and a senior aunt Mma Ramotswe must grapple alone with tea-making
detective work and a new uncertainty. Disturbing developments over the will of a local
dignitary Edgar Molapo point to fraud and a shocking family secret while tracing the source
of a smear campaign against the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon in which notorious troublemaker
Violet Sephotho may or not have a hand proves to require a keen eye and an open mind. But the
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is resilient and adaptable and change brings salutary lessons:
that our enemies are not always obvious that a snake under the bed may be an ally and that a
mother's love conquers all.
