The sixth book in the multi-million copy bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series

The one where Mma Makutsi meets a dancing partner

Although Mma Ramotswe and Mr J. L. B. Matekoni have finally settled down, at the shared premises of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency and Speedy Motors the staff - especially Mma Makutsi and Charlie the garage apprentice - are not mixing in a perfectly peaceful manner. But in the course of investigating her latest case of a very unhappy young lady, Mma Ramotswe's tiny white van comes into contact with a man on a bicycle who might be able to restore harmony. And Mma Makutsi does at last seem to have found someone special . . .

'Gentle, rich' Sunday Times
'Appealing' Mail on Sunday

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The sixth book in the multi-million copy bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series

The one where Mma Makutsi finds a dancing partner . . .

Although Mma Ramotswe and Mr J. L. B. Matekoni have finally settled down, at the shared premises of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and Speedy Motors, the staff - especially Mma Makutsi and Charlie the garage apprentice - are not mixing in a perfectly peaceful manner. But in the course of investigating her latest case, of a very unhappy young lady, Mma Ramotswe's tiny white van comes into contact with a man on a bicycle who might be able to restore harmony. And Mma Makutsi does at last seem to have found someone special...

'A rare pleasure' Daily Telegraph

'Gentle, rich' Sunday Times

'A strong, independent and endearing model for contemporary women' Boston Globe

'A literary confection... there is no end to the pleasure' New York Times