The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection [SEP] series
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection is the thirteenth mystery novel by Alexander McCall Smith in "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series, first published in 2012. The story is set primarily in Gaborone. with Motswana Precious Ramotswe as the main detective.
In this novel, Precious Ramotswe is faced with serious problems among two who are very close to her, Mma Potokwane of the orphan farm and young Fanwell, assistant mechanic in her husband's garage. Besides help from her
by the arrival of Mma Makutsi’s new baby boy. The review sums up this novel by saying “A little slower-moving and more diffuse than many of the 13 preceding volumes in this celebrated series ("The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection", 2012, etc.), but it’s no more than you’d expect from a heroine whose fleetness has never been as big a draw as her wisdom.”
Yvonne Zipp writes that this novel "is a particularly endearing entry in the long-running series