The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Book 22)

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We all need people to tell us that everything is going to be all right, even when it is not, and that we should not worry, even when we clearly need to be concerned about something. Mophephu is concerned about his rich elderly father, whose caregiver may be exerting undue influence - perhaps even planning to marry the old man - for financial gain. B. Matekoni, who has decided to invest in a dubious-sounding scheme to turn secondhand buses into a bus service.

I enjoyed visiting with Mma Ramotswe and her entourage, and its fun to see Mma Ramotswe solve problems in her unique fashion.So nice to revisit these characters, a few warm laughs and all the goodness of Precious Ramotswe and Mr. Baboloki Mophephu, who suspects that his elderly father’s nurse has manipulated his father into leaving her his house in his will. If you want to know why slugs and beetles in her vegetable garden remind Precious of baboons in the corn, you need to read the book, but that’s no hardship!

Rra Matekoni has decided to leverage the business and the building to get a loan and start the eponymous bus company. After the ladies converse over tea and fruit cake, Mma Ramotswe learns that a new orphan girl, who arrived with a broken wrist, was forced to work for a wealthy family without pay. B. Matekoni, owner of Tlokweng Speedy Motors, attends a business seminar at a Gaborone hotel, where he reconnects with entrepreneur T. It’s very long and still being written, so you’ll always have a reliable series to fall back on during challenging times.

His father is still alive, but not entirely himself anymore, and is planning to leave his valuable home to his nurse. As with all the best bus rides, though, this is a book in which savouring the journey is more important than the final destination. I love being able to reconnect with these kind and gentle people, even Mma Makutsi, who can be snippy a lot of the time, even though she has a good heart. As always, there is lots happening in the small community, but Mma Ramotswe can unfailingly be relied upon to be the voice of reason and patience in an increasingly chaotic world.