Blogs in January 1970

A Deadly Trade (#2 Detective Kubu) 1st January 1970

Set amid the beauty and darkness of modern Botswana, the second in the fantastic crime series featuring the opera-loving wine connoisseur Assistant Superintendant David ‘Kubu’ Bengu of the Botswana Police Force When a mutilated body is found at a...

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Twenty Chickens for a Saddle 1st January 1970

When Robyn Scott was six years old her parents abruptly exchanged the tranquil pastures of New Zealand for a converted cowshed in the wilds of Botswana. Once there, Robyn and her siblings, mostly left to amuse themselves, grew up...

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Morality for Beautiful Girls 1st January 1970

THE NO.1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY published in 1998, introduced the world to the one and only Precious Ramotswe, the engaging and sassy owner of Botswana’s only detective agency. TEARS OF THE GIRAFFE took us further into this world, and...

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The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency 1st January 1970

“There is no problem so great it cannot be solved by a cup of bush tea.” The prolific Alexander McCall Smith is the undisputed king of cosy crime, the antithesis of the much-touted Tartan Noir movement. His Precious Ramotswe...

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