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I am a huge fan of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, but this was my first venture into the 44 Scotland Street books, and it is going to be the 9th novel in the Edinburgh series.

I have read the tales of Mma. Ramotswe and her Gaborone, Botswana Detective Agency in chronological order, but I am happy to report that I had no trouble jumping into the Scotland Street stories beginning with this, the 9th, edition. I am now anxious to go back to the beginning and read books 1-8, but am also clear that each must be capable, like this volume, of standing on its own and being appreciated without having read the others.

I was and am also a huge fan of John Mortimer, of Rumpole fame, and for me, Alexander McCall Smith, carries on Mortimer's tradition of writing perceptive, humorous, gentle accounts of regular folks with all their frailties and foibles. Both authors write with amusement about the human condition, yet rarely, if ever, are mean spirited about...

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