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• Book: Morality for Beautiful Girls
• Location: Botswana
• Author: Alexander McCall Smith

Review Author: roxywanders

This is the third of Alexander McCall Smith’s Botswana-based stories. Alexander McCall Smith has continued Mma Ramotswe’s path solving crimes, however, crimes is a bit of a misnomer, in this series. Each crime, or investigation, is told in a group of short stories.

Mma Ramotswe is not only solving other people’s problems in this read. She has found herself in the same plight of many new businesses : financial strain. Her fiancé, Mr. Matekoni is also suffering from financial strain, as well as health related issues. Instead of firing her only staff , Mma Makutsi, she promotes her and passes on more responsibilty. Mma Makutsi performs a few of her own investigations as well as running Mr. Matekoni’s car business while he is away.

The investigative activities continue to be unreal, but in a comical, humorous and delightful way. For example, Mma Ramotswe is conducting her surveillance in a single white van, that more than likely would not be hard to spot in light traffic. Need I add, the use of a single vehicle in heavy traffic and stop lights you would more than likely loose the vehicle you are following.

“Morality for Beautiful Girls” is a quick and pleasant read. However, there are a couple of subplots, the strange boy found in the wilderness, Mma Makustki’s ill brother, and Mma Makutski’s own mysterious past, that were not solved. I am hoping the fourth book in this series will shed more light on these unsolved subplots.

I received this book from TripFiction in exchange for an honest review.

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