The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
Such an easy read. The simple language should not be confused for a simple story – it is anything but.
There are many many cases in this book but it is not your typical detective story where you get stuck in the minutiae of the detail.
The lead solves a case and moves on.
The language reminds me a bit of Paulo Coelho and the sense of place reminds me of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The scenes when she was a young girl near the desert put you there in a similar way that Marquez does in Love in the Time of Cholera.
The lead character is revealed slowly throughout the novel through flashbacks to her childhood and earlier life. Such an interesting way for us to slowly meet the character.
I cannot wait to read more in this series.
