Soon her nephew from Suffolk shows up and moves in with the Major, overstays his welcome, is unwilling to leave, possibly blackmailing, and then he is gone. Major's wife grows bored with her life in Africa and with her Major husband, disappearing and leaving him a note saying she's gone back to Suffolk. There is a Major and wife, Judge and wife, and a few other assorted individuals. Namaqualand Daisies takes place in a small African town. The hotel was successful but Georgina, who was irritable by nature, could not keep a civil tongue with the guests until one day a strong wind felled a coconut, conking her on the noggin, and suddenly she was a changed woman (kind of like Nately's Whore after she finally got a good night's sleep). In a High Wind in Nevis, (Dutch) Marcos and (Trinidadian) Georgina buy a property and turn it into a hotel. In this first story of the same title as the book, Mma Ramotswe and her trusty assistant solve the mystery of a local legendary Botswanan goalkeeper who is suddenly failing to do his job - Is he being paid off? It’s up to Mma Ramotswe to solve the mystery (of sorts). This is a smiley collection of stories by Alexander McCall Smith, the first of which stars Mma Ramotswe, of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency fame. She was worth the price of admission, so to speak. I especially enjoyed her voices for Mma Ramotswe and the others. This was an audio book, and I very much enjoyed the narrator, Adjoah, Andoh - she was great. She was right - music did make a difference, and in more ways than one.
The last is a longer one, which took place in Suffolk, England, during WW2, about a woman who begins a small community orchestra to cheer things up. The other four stories in this small book are not about Mma Ramotswe, and I didn't enjoy them as much. It's just a simple side-story to the main series - pleasant, but nothing more. This is an entertaining short story, with the usual cast, but I have to admit I guessed the result almost immediately. The basics of the criminal investigation are the same in Botswana as Hollywood. and if she can't find out who is benefiting from this bad playing, nobody will. The goalkeeper of the Comets has been playing badly and caused the team many losses. "She" is Mma Ramotswe, founder of the No. "She had decided that the best way to tackle this case was the way in which she tackled every case, head on."
0 kommentar(er)
