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Lisa (Harmonybites)
I'm a fan of mystery novels, although I often find myself less than happy with the subgenre this corresponds to, the so-called "cozy mystery." Several things though lift this above the usual book on the mystery aisle. The style is simple, even spare, and the structure rather loose, but Smith's detective, Precious Ramotswe, is charming and clever--a worthy successor to the detectives that she mentions as her inspiration more than once, those of Agatha Christie. Like Christie's Miss Marple, she's ...more
Ferina
Jul 13, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction, myfavorite
Precious Ramotswe adalah satu-satunya detektif wanita di Botswana. Sebelum meninggal, Obed Ramtoswe nanya sama anak satu-satunya itu, mau buka usaha apa, Mma Ramotswa malah bilang dia mau jadi detektif, ayahnya kaget tapi gak pernah mendapat jawaban alasan kenapa Mma Ramotswa mau buka kantor detektif dan dia membawa rasa penasaran itu sampai meninggal.

Jadilah Mma Ramotswa detektif wanita no. 1 di Botswana. Beberapa temannya, seperti pengacaranya juga cenderung heran atas pilihan usaha Mma Ramots
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Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
I learned a lot about Botswana from reading this book! Alexander McCall Smith is excellent at character sketching.
The mysteries were clever as well. I can't wait to read more by this author!
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Lynne
Dec 23, 2007 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: mystery-suspense
Rosana
Jan 18, 2008 rated it liked it
Shelves: mystery, fun-junk
Nicola
Jun 17, 2008 rated it liked it
Shelves: rtw2012
Mary
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Emma
Sep 15, 2009 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: africa
KayG
Oct 30, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Lesotho.
Linda
Jan 20, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Ching-In
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Hege
Jan 11, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2014
Gaijinmama
Feb 04, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction
Amanda
Nov 26, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: must-buy, mystery
Anu
Dec 05, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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