Badule, to see how she comes up with money to send their son to a private school. Mma Ramotswe ends up promoting her secretary to the position of assistant private detective and investigating the philandering wife of the butcher, Mr. She also becomes involved in uncovering the activities of her fiancee's unscrupulous maid. Andrea Curtin results in her attempt to find out about the disappearance of Andrea's son, Michael, ten years ago. Mma Ramotswe is the only lady detective in Botswana. Both are kind and considerate people who appreciate each other and they both have a problem of being persuaded by people who they cannot say no to. For example, Mma Ramotswe becomes upset by people who shake hands without putting the free hand on the forearm or accept a gift with one hand instead of two. Matekoni and Mma Ramotswe are ethical people with deep roots in the traditional old fashioned Botswanan values and customs. When he calls her in the morning, they agree to meet for lunch at the President Hotel to celebrate their engagement.īoth Mr. He worries that she changed her mind during the night. This is the second time he had proposed marriage to her and he does not believe his good fortune. Matekoni, the proprietor of the Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, agrees to marry Mr. The Tears of the Giraffe is an amusing book by Alexander McCall Smith about the lives of two people who become engaged in Gaborone, Botswana.
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