The rains are coming but not just yet. When they do there will be green shoots of growth
throughout Botswana. Pumpkins will flourish - particularly those of Mma Potokwani matron of a
children's home and old friend of Precious Ramotswe. Mma Potokwani and Mma Ramotswe have many
other things to talk about including a new friendship that Mr J.L.B. Matekoni has struck up
with Mr Freddie Mohlala a prominent figure in the motor trade. Freddie Mohlala has invited Mr
J.L.B. Matekoni to go fishing with him on the local dam - which is home to some fairly nasty
crocodiles. They do not catch anything but something nearly catches them. In the meantime
Mma Ramotswe looks into what seems to be a straightforward matter involving a husband who
thinks his wife may be having affair. But there is a surprise in store: she it transpires
suspects that he himself has a lover. This is obviously a case that will require tact - which
of course is a quality Mma Ramotswe has in abundance. Along with kindness. For Botswana is a
kind country and in this latest visit to the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency we are reassured
that no matter how unhappy the world may be there is always an oasis of courtesy and peace in
that special place in southern Africa. To which you are now invited.
