The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith

The women of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency are busy with several cases in this latest book in the series. They are hired by the estate of an American woman to locate the guide who had been extra kind to her on trip to the Okavango Delta in Botswana a few years earlier. The woman, Mrs. Grant, has left the guide some money in her will. In another investigation, a man named Mr. Kereleng has been duped out of the ownership of his home by the scheming Violet Sephoto, whom regular readers of the series will remember as an enemy of Precious Ramotswe's assistant Grace Makutsi. Will the ladies be able to right this wrong? Also, Mma Ramotswe is asked by a friend, Mma Mateleke, to find out if her husband is having an affair, which proves to be uncomfortable, since her husband confides to Mma Ramotswe that his wife seems distant. On a more personal level, Grace is being kept from taking care of her fiancee Phuti Radiphuti whose foot has been crushed by a truck. Phuti's aunt believes that she should be nursing him back to health, not Grace. The Double Comfort Safari Club is a cozy, enjoyable read and belongs in the category of one of the best books in the series. It will be published later this month.