The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) by Alexander McCall Smith (2007-02-26)

The beginning in this book was really slow and boring, and it almost fell prey to my new resolve to dnf a book if I don’t enjoy it. For real this time. Haha 🙈

I picked it up after I finished my last book, since it was still on my bedside table and I didn’t know what to read next. Turns out it wasn’t so bad after all, once I got through the introductory chapters.

It’s an unusual cozy mystery, since there are many small investigations instead of the usual one big one spanning the whole narrative. It’s a nice Sunday afternoon read, and even has some quotable bits, but I’m not yet sure I’ll pick up the other instalments of the series.

Off to Botswana to solve some crimes with Mma Ramotswe. I think I'll stick around for a while.

Mma Ramotswe decides she will open a detective agency with her inheritance after her father passes away. It's safe to say it's risky - no one thinks a woman can be a detective. But of course she solves crimes with her common sense, so she makes a go of it. Each case with unique, with a common thread of her life in Botswana tying them all together. And I got the ending I was hoping to get, so I'm excited to start book 2.

Definitely fun for mystery lovers. Nothing too crazy, but a quick, easy start to a new series. 3 stars.