In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
The New Novel in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series
Chapter One
Honesty, Tea, and Things in the Kitchen
Mma Ramotswe was sitting alone in her favourite cafe, on the edge of
the shopping centre at the Gaborone end of the Tlokweng Road. It was
a Saturday, the day that she preferred above all others, a day on
which one might do as much or as little as one liked, a day to have
lunch with a friend at the President Hotel, or, as on that day, to
sit by oneself and think about the events of the week and the state
of the world. This cafe was a good place to be, for several reasons.
Firstly, there was the view, that of a stand of eucalyptus trees
with foliage of a comforting dark green which made a sound like the
sea when the wind blew through the leaves. Or that, at ... read full excerpt from In the Company of Cheerful Ladies ebook