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Feb 05, 2014
This series of books are delightful. They aren't the typical action-packed, danger-deep mysteries we've become addicted to. The pace makes Agatha Christie a role model, but the two towns have very different death rates. Many of the mysteries that Mma Ramotse and Mma Matsuka solve are the mysteries of everyday life. Mma Matsuka is the perfect companion for Mma Ramotse; her declarations are rock solid and her certainty is unshakeable. Mma Ramotse looks at life with more compassion and uncertainty. Together they form a team that can uncover the truth and deliver the news. Much of the story includes the personal lives of the two detectives. It is this digression that add texture and flavour to the novel. While reading, I find myself transported from my comfortable western home life and dropped into the sun-filled world that manages, quite well, without a number of items I consider not so much necessary as basics.