This is certainly not a traditional detective story. The author has a unique way of giving the reader a view of African culture and tradition in the setting of a detective novel. The author even has the reader pondering social issues. The detective and mystery solver is a soft hearted detective, Precious Ramotswe. You can not help but find her enchanting. It is not the mystery itself but the unconventional methods Precious uses to solve a case that makes the multiple mysteries uniques. This book is one in a series and I plan to read more of Alexander Smith's works.