In The Company Of Cheerful Ladies
On sale
4th May 2023
Price: £9.99
The sixth book in the multi-million copy bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series
The one where Mma Makutsi finds a dancing partner . . .
Although Mma Ramotswe and Mr J. L. B. Matekoni have finally settled down, at the shared premises of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency and Speedy Motors, the staff – especially Mma Makutsi and Charlie the garage apprentice – are not mixing in a perfectly peaceful manner. But in the course of investigating her latest case, of a very unhappy young lady, Mma Ramotswe’s tiny white van comes into contact with a man on a bicycle who might be able to restore harmony. And Mma Makutsi does at last seem to have found someone special…
‘A rare pleasure’ Daily Telegraph
‘Gentle, rich’ Sunday Times
‘A strong, independent and endearing model for contemporary women’ Boston Globe
‘A literary confection… there is no end to the pleasure’ New York Times
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Reviews
McCall Smith's style melts words into instant meaning and the music of all the novel's principal voices is a chorus you cannot resist
Forget the library - the body is in the mud hut. An African Miss Marple created by a Scottish lawyer . . . superb
A rare pleasure
A literary confection... Fortunately, since texts aren't cakes, there is no end to the pleasure
Beguiling, lyrical... blessed with McCall Smith's richly detailed portraits of life in Africa and his flair for storytelling with an engaging cast of fully realized characters
A rare pleasure
A strong, independent, and endearing model for contemporary women anywhere . . . A crowded fictional genre will have to make room for Precious Ramotswe. In the best sense possible, she's a heavyweight
Enchanting... In the Company of Cheerful Ladies may be the most compelling of the lot
Forget the library - the body is in the mud hut. An African Miss Marple created by a Scottish lawyer . . . superb
One of the most entrancing literary treats of many a year
A strong, independent, and endearing model for contemporary women anywhere . . . A crowded fictional genre will have to make room for Precious Ramotswe. In the best sense possible, she's a heavyweight
One of the most entrancing literary treats of many a year
