The Joy and Light Bus Company
Alexander McCall Smith
Mma
Ramotswe is confronted with several dilemmas in this installment of
The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency. Firstly, her husband, Mr. J.L.B.
Matekoni, is off to a business course where he gets the opportunity
to invest in a bus company with a former friend from school. But it
would require raising capital which would need a bank loan; something
Mma Ramotswe is firmly against. While worrying about her husband's
risky adventure, she takes on a client concerned that his elderly
father is being manipulated by his nurse to inherit his land. Plus,
she has heard from her friend Mma Potokwane about a possible case of
domestic slavery, and she simply cannot let it go without further
investigation.
Along with her trusted assistant Mma Makutsi
and a good cup of bush tea, Mma Ramotswe will investigate the issues
as they arrive, hoping that she will bring justice, compassion, calm,
and happiness back to her beloved corner of Botswana. As always,
McCall Smith has written a lively, heartwarming story full of wit,
humor, and wisdom. The Joy and Light Bus Company is an enormously
pleasurable read.
This review was originally written for City Book Review.
