The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #13) in Around the World in 80 Books

Feb 20, 2017 Laura rated it really liked it

Shelves: library, crime-thriller-suspense, library-request, 2019, lib-has-audio, on-laptop, favorite-authors, owned, reread, 2018

Fourth read:

These are reliable comfort reads for me and I enjoy them every time I pick them up. Looking forward to the new book in this series, which was recently published.

Third read:

AMS wrote a new novel in this series, and I'm rereading the series through once more until I come to the new one and finish it. This series has magic and happiness baked right in, and I highly recommend it for anyone interested in Botswana, but more than that, for people who are looking for a panacea of decency a Fourth read:

These are reliable comfort reads for me and I enjoy them every time I pick them up. Looking forward to the new book in this series, which was recently published.

Third read:

AMS wrote a new novel in this series, and I'm rereading the series through once more until I come to the new one and finish it. This series has magic and happiness baked right in, and I highly recommend it for anyone interested in Botswana, but more than that, for people who are looking for a panacea of decency and goodness in the midst of everything.

May God bless AMS's pen, his typewriter, his PC, Mac, and the terrific narrator for the audiobooks: Lisette Lecat.

Second read:

OK, so apparently I'm reading the entire No. 1 Ladies Detective series this calendar year - and most of them have been rereads. This is my second time reading this book this year. And it was every bit as enjoyable as the first time through.

After finishing the series earlier this year, I immediately started back at the beginning. I've come full circle and have no desire to stop. So maybe the best question is will I ever stop reading Alexander McCall Smith's books?! I hope not. They lift my soul up. I wholeheartedly recommend them.

First read:

This is the 13th book in Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies Detective series, and it's every bit as good as the first. How many long-running series can say that? We finally meet Clovis Andersen in this installment, and he doesn't disappoint. I hope AMS brings him back again.

Two of my favorite (unrelated) recurring characters ran into pretty serious trouble in this one, and I was satisfied with the way the author resolved their issues.

It's been said that this series is Smith's love letter to Botswana, and I believe it's true. Mma Ramotswe and the rest of the cast remind us of the good in the world, and books like this one give a much-needed respite from the hustle and the craziness. I'm glad he's such a prolific writer, as I hope to never run out of his wonderful works. Of all of his series, this one is my favorite. Long live AMS! ...more

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Jan 06, 2018 Pam rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, audio-book, botswana, 2018-books-read, 2024-books-read

AUTHOR Smith, Alexander McCall
TITLE: The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
DATE READ 01/05/2018
RATING 4/B
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Mystery/2012/midwest Tape/ 9 CD's
SERIES/STAND-ALONE: #13

CHARACTERS Precious Ramotswe

TIME/PLACE: Present / Botswana
COMMENTS: Mma meets Clovis Anderson the author of The Principles of Private Detection -- the book she uses as a bible in her business. Grace and Phuti are building a house and their contractor is building a beautiful home but something is not ...more

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Jul 24, 2012 Nancy H rated it it was amazing

This is another good entry in the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. I really like these books because they look at the human qualities of people, and the reader learns that people are the same all over the world, regardless of their culture, country, or the color of their skin. It is a great series. ...more

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Nov 19, 2018 Wes F rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Ah, another satisfying read from McCall Smith from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series--with its familiar cast of beloved characters. Except, in this volume, we finally meet a character who has only been known from his written work--the esteemed master detective, Clovis Anderson! Borrowed in Kindle form from our US library & read on my Kindle. ...more

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Feb 02, 2013 Andrea rated it liked it

Shelves: fun-mysteries

I don't know if this book is really less intriguing than the earlier ones in the series or if I've just gotten stale on them. I just felt like it was too predictable. The characters didn't reveal any new depth, the foster children disappeared, the solutions to the mysteries were too obvious. I have a sneaking suspicion that the author is having this "ghost written" by someone who is plodding along in the worn out formula. ...more

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Mar 29, 2012 Lisa of Hopewell rated it liked it

Shelves: audio-books, read-in-2012

I was disappointed at the beginning but it picked up a good bit as I went along. Finishes up with 3 stars--not really 4 due to the not-so-hot beginning.

Spoiler: Clovis Anderson is from my hometown!! And went to my University!! Too darned cool!

ok...I THOUGHT I recalled in a previous book that the little girl (can't spell it since I have audio version) Mutalali?? had had surgery and could walk now, but here she is in the wheelchair??? Am I wrong?? Surely someone in the Alex McCall Smith organizati ...more

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