Tears of the Giraffe

This is the second book I have read this month. This is book 2 in the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series.

This book is just as good as the first. I don't really want to describe what happens as I do not want to give away the story and I don't think I can give it justice. Mma Ramotswe continues to take on cases, some that are easy and some that are harder. The hard one in this book is looking for an American boy.  She promotes her Secretary to Assistant Detective, agrees to marry her friend the mechanic and just lives her life. There is the continuing theme of the characters questioning morality and ethics and the differences between modern thinking vs Botswana tradition, American vs. African, etc. These questions are asked by everyone and the answers/beliefs that Mma Ramotswe and other characters come to believe are one's that the reader can relate too...no matter what their background.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. I think I liked it better then the first. I am going to have to be careful and not read them so close together. This is very similar to the first book. There are different cases and different things happen but still can seem predictable. I have a feeling if I read them all back to back I would begin to get sick of it and feel like it is the same story which can get very boring. This is easy to fix as I have plenty of books to read before I order the 3rd.

I definitely recommend this series to anyone and everyone. We could all learn something from Mma Ramotswe. If anyone knows how to pronounce her name I will love you forever. Right now I am reading it as Ra-mot-swee but I do not think I am correct.