Sunday, May 02, 2010

Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith

Latest in the #1 Ladies' Detective Agency series
Several new cases come about, there’s Mma Mateleke, who suspects her husband of being unfaithful (turns out, he harbors the same suspicions about her). Mr. Kereleng falls prey to the wiles of Violet Sephotho, who manipulated him into putting his house in her name. (Readers will remember Violet as the conniving classmate of Mma Makutsi at the Botswana Secretarial College, where Mma Makutsi earned an impressive 97 percent.) Mma Makutsi copes with bad news about her fiancĂ©, Phuti Radiphuti, who undergoes a serious leg operation following an accident at his furniture store. Then she has to deal with his selfish Aunt who will not even let her see him.

A more pleasant assignment involves the search for a kindhearted safari guide, who was bequeathed a nice sum of money by an American tourist. This brings the two ladies to the stunning Okavango Delta, positively fraught with feral creatures. With snakes in abundance, proper footwear is a must, much to the delight of Mma Makutsi, who has a well-known weakness for new shoes.

All the storylines comes to a satisfying end, leaving me feel warm and happy like drinking a cup of bush tea. I always so look forward to the latest in this series, this new installment did not disappoint.