The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection

Mma Ramotswe, normally a sound and peaceful sleeper, finds her slumbers disturbed by a dream of a tall man beneath an acacia tree. But she is not quite ready to discover what this vision may portend. Soon even Mma Makutsi, now in the first flush of married bliss, has to admit that untoward things are occurring around the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, not least with the construction of her new home. At Speedy Motors the irreproachable Fanwell finds himself in trouble with the law and, even more dramatically, the indomitable Mma Potokwani, defender of Botswana's weak and downtrodden, disappears from her post at the orphan farm. It is into all this that there steps the tall stranger of Mma Ramotswe's dream — now revealed as none other than Mr Clovis Andersen, author of The Principles of Private Detection and keeper of a surprising secret. Mma Ramotswe is not easily frightened, and armed with courage, kindness and a keen instinct for the truth, she and Mma Makutsi venture into unknown territory to pursue the guilty and restore.