Modern ideas get tangled up with traditional ones in the latest intriguing installment in the beloved best-selling No Ladiesrsquo Detective Agency series Precious Ramotswe has taken on two puzzling cases First she is approached by the lawyer Mma Sheba who is the executor of a deceased farmerrsquos estate Mma Sheba has a feeling that the young man who has stepped forward may be falsely impersonating the farmerrsquos nephew in order to claim his inheritance Mma Ramotswe agrees to visit the farm and find out what she can about the self-professed nephew Then the proprietor of the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon comes to Mma Ramotswe for advice The opening of her new salon has been shadowed by misfortune Not only has she received a bad omen in the mail but rumors are swirling that the salon is using dangerous products that burn peoplersquos skin Could someone be trying to put the salon out of business Meanwhile at the office Mma Ramotswe has noticed something different about Grace Makutsi lately Though Mma Makutsi has mentioned nothing it has become clear that she is pregnant But in Botswanamdasha land where family has always been held above all elsemdashthis may be cause for controversy as well as celebration With genuine warmth sympathy and wit Alexander McCall Smith explores some tough questions about married life parenthood grief and the importance of the traditions that shape and guide our lives This is the fourteenth installment in the series.
