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Detective dilemmas
Precious Ramotswe investigates horror hospital
By Tatat Bunnagv
The
Good Husband of Zebra Drive
Alexander McCall Smith
Asia Books
The
Good Husband of Zebra Drive is the eighth installment in the popular No. 1 Ladies
Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith.
This book continues the adventures of Precious Ramotswe, the main protagonist and detective of the series, and her assortment of friends in Botswana.
This time around, Precious Ramotswe�s office has to deal with more investigations than they bargained for, with a few unexpected dilemmas thrown in for good measure.
DEADLY HOSPITAL
In The Good Husband of Zebra Drive, the detective agency is under strain and experiencing staffing problems. Despite the difficulties, the work continues to flood in.
Ramotswe is hired by one of her relatives to look into some unexplained incidents at a local hospital. People in the hospital have been dying under mysterious circumstances, and Precious and her friends experience unusual events in their investigations.
RECOMMENDED READING
If you plan to read the No. 1 Ladies� Detective Agency series, then it�s best to start with book one. The stories tend to rely on long-standing character development as the series continues.
There is something soothing about Precious Ramotswe�s adventures � they always offer slow-moving suspense and thoughtful themes.
With The Good Husband of Zebra Drive, McCall Smith may have reached a new peak in the series.
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installment (n): one of the parts of a story that appears regularly over a period of time
in a newspaper, a series of books, etc. IDIOM for good measure: as an extra amount of something in addition to what has already happened or been given |
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