THE NO.1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY

THE NO.1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY
By: Alexander McCall Smith
Anchor books, NY, 230 pages, $12, 95))

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over fifty books. His first and famous book is The no.1 ladies detective agency. This book is kind of detective and drama book (story).
This book takes the reader to another world. In the first chapter of the book, you will feel bored because there are so many details even though there are two great client stories. However, after a while, you will realize that these details are important because they explain how Mma Ramotswe started her work in a small office and gradually became the no.1 ladies detective agency in Botswana.
The author tries to make the reader live in Mma Ramotswe's life. He describes her childhood. The most important part in her childhood is the relationship between her and her father. Her father didn't spend too much time with her. He had to work in another city to gain enough money. Therefore, Mma Ramotswe lived with her cousin. When the father died, he left her a good amount of money. With this money, she started her work as a detective. She wanted to be the no.1 detective in Botswana. Her goal was to help people, solve their problems, and let them live peacefully.
In this book, you can read many good stories about clients. Mma Ramotswe solved people's problem in different ways. Some ways were fun and other ways were serious and dramatic. Moreover, she took care of her clients more than her own life. She got married when she was 22 years old. However, she wasn't lucky because she married a bad man. When she got divorced, she decided just to take care of her work. Therefore, her work became the first thing in her life.
In my perspective, this is a good book. It is easy to read, and at the same time, you feel lost because the author wrote the book back and forth but at the end, you will understand why the author took this strategy. I think the author want, you to have some suspense to know what will happen especially with her clients. This book is a great book for adults and teenagers. I recommend teenagers to read the book because they will learn many good things, such as how they can help people and think about other people's problems.