A Song of Comfortable Chairs (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency)

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Charlie comes into his own as he matures, Mma Makutsi acknowledges that Mma Ramotswe is the boss, and Mma Potokwane is a star as an advertising model. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

I love this author's Isabel Dalhousie series and I was looking forward to discovering another wonderful series by him. I found myself in total agreement with Mma Ramotswe about the importance in our lives of comfortable chairs and of sharing cups of tea and cake with our friends. They set about their work, Mma Makutsi having already started filing the pile of papers on her desk and Mma Ramotswe having invoices to compile. Mma Makutsi would open up the office and together they would tackle some of the administrative tasks that had been piling up and needed to be attended to. Of course, Grace cannot accept or credit Charlie's unorthodox methods of solving the case, now concluded with a happy ending.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

On such small sayings and customs are marriages built—comfortable familiarity; and that, Mma Ramotswe always felt, made a better basis for a marriage than any amount of novelty. When you are with somebody you love the smallest, smallest things can be so important, so amusing because love transforms the world, everything. And, as always, we learn somethign about human nature and about the importance of not jumping to conclusions or passing judgement on someone too readily. Grace keeps overreaching her position in the agency and Precious is increasingly tired of trying to defend her right as the No.I enjoy this series so much because of the unique setting and because it is such a fresh take on the classic female detective stories. All of the regular Botswana crew is back in this story focused on the growing office tension between Precious and Grace.

More often than not, it’s not the gentle story/investigation unfurling that draws you in, but rather the keen observations that make you smile, the pearls of wisdom that cause you to pause and ponder.I read about a furniture company that puts profit before quality and attempts to undercut Grace’s husband (Phuti) and drive him towards bankruptcy. Precious Ramotswe and her life in Botswana is a place I am always eager to curl up on the couch for. In this episode she and her colleague Grace Makutsi are concerned because Grace’s husband Phuti is experiencing a sudden downturn in his furniture business.