Blue Shoes and Happiness: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (7)In this seventh installment in the internationally bestselling, universally beloved series, there is considerable excitement at the shared premises of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency and Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. A cobra has been found in Precious Ramotswe’s office. Then a nurse from a local medical clinic reveals to Mma Ramotswe that faulty blood-pressure readings are being recorded there. And it looks as though Aunty Emang, the advice columnist in the local newspaper, may not be what she seems. It all means a lot of work for Mma Ramotswe and her inestimable assistant, Grace Makutsi, and they are, of course, up to the challenge. But there’s trouble brewing in Mma Makutsi’s own life. Her greedy uncles are demanding an extra-large bride price from her well-to-do fiancé, a man of substance, Phuti Radiphuti, and though money may buy her that fashionably narrow (and uncomfortable) pair of blue shoes, it won’t buy her the happiness that Mma Ramotswe promises her she’ll find in simpler things – in contentment with the world and enough tea to smooth over the occasional bumps in the road. From the Hardcover edition. |
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User Review - lkernagh - LibraryThingAnother fine installment. No huge mysteries or issues outside of the interesting case of blackmail. I tend to appreciate these stories for their examination of the human condition, the growing divide ... Read full review
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User Review - nx74defiant - LibraryThingA nice relaxing bit of fluff. It worked well to listen during slow periods at work. No deaths, a small mystery. And daily life. The extra m's and accent was something I wasn't use to. I would like to read more in the series. Read full review
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 14 |
Section 3 | 27 |
Section 4 | 46 |
Section 5 | 57 |
Section 6 | 68 |
Section 7 | 80 |
Section 8 | 89 |
Section 10 | 113 |
Section 11 | 128 |
Section 12 | 142 |
Section 13 | 161 |
Section 14 | 173 |
Section 15 | 183 |
Section 16 | 195 |
Section 17 | 205 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Blue Shoes and Happiness: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (7) Volume 7 of No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series |
| Author | Alexander McCall Smith |
| Publisher | Knopf Canada, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0307370429, 9780307370426 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Contemporary Women Fiction / Humorous / General Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths |
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