WOMAN WHO WALKED IN SUNSHINE

From the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, this is the one with Mma Ramotswe's summer holiday. She is taking a break, leaving important tasks in the capable hands of Mma Makutsi, her co-director. But Mma Ramotswe soon finds herself interfering in cases (secretly, or so she intends) and while 'on holiday' she delves into the past of a man whose reputation is brought into question. She is called upon to rescue a small boy and discovers Violet Sephotho's latest underhand business endeavour - the No.1 Ladies' Secretarial College. Meanwhile, Mma Makutsi hires a part time science teacher as an assistant and suspects that her authority is being undermined. Will Mma Ramotswe be caught out? She herself took on the challenge of identifying a lady with no name and no memory, uncovered Violet Sephotho's latest scheme as a restaurant critic, and gained a dubiously qualified assistant detective in the form of Charlie. Hugely enjoyable, 246pp, paperback.