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Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Bk 10) (Large Print)
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built - No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Bk 10 - Large Print Author:Alexander McCall Smith Mma Ramotswe's tiny white van has developed a disturbing noise. But having made numerous repairs to the van over the years, Mr J.L.B. Matekoni -- her estimable husband and mechanic nonpareil -- sells it without telling her and presents her with a new, characterless vehicle. So Mma Ramotswe sets out to recover the van... — In the meantime, the... more » thoroughly unpleasant, yet glamorous, Violet Sephotho (who earned 50 percent, at most!, in the final examinations of the Botswana Secretarial College) gets herself a job at the Double Comfort Furniture Store. Why? The reason is obvious: to make a play for Mma Makutsi's fiancé, Mr Phuti Radiphuti.
And a proprietor of a local football team has enlisted the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency to help explain their dreadful losing streak: surely someone is fixing the games -- it can't just be a case of unskilled players... This is a job for Charlie, ever-apprentice at the Speedy Motors, to sniff out the competence of the players, as an assistant detective...« less