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Title: Reading this series is good for the soul [4.5 stars]
Review: Alexander McCall Smith charms again in this fourth installment in his No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. While Mma Makutsi opens the business of the book's title, seeking to ease the plight of men who cannot type but can't admit to it, Mma Ramotswe plays confessor for a client looking to atone for a past offense. Yet another case winds up involving one of Mma Makutsi's students, a mustachioed charmer with a center part. The case was taken first to a rival detective agency, just opened by a man with big-city connections. The competition is worrying, but Mma Ramotswe confronts the problem handily with bush tea, her unfailing love of Botswana and its people, and her innate good sense. Everyone should do themselves the favor of reading this series, which is a powerful source of calm in a busy world.-- Debra Hamel
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