Precious Ramotswe is worried.

Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency in Bostwana, has a great deal to think about. Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, Mma Ramotswe's fiance and the owner of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, has been acting strangely of late. He is unusually listless and he seems uninterested either in his business or in her. What can be wrong with him?

Meanwhile, although she gets her fair share of clients, Mma Ramotswe's detective agency is not exactly prospering. Fortunately, Ramotswe's assistant, Mma Makutsi, proves to be an invaluable asset. She not only becomes the acting manager of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, but she even takes on a lucrative case of her own. While Makutsi investigates the moral character of four contestants in the Miss Beauty and Integrity Contest, Mma Ramotswe looks into a possible poisoning for an important "Government Man".

Mma Ramotswe's sweet nature, unerring instincts and inherent common sense make her both a wonderful friend and a superb detective. Mma Makutsi comes into her own in this novel, as she shows herself to be both an excellent investigator and a shrewd manager. I recommend "Morality for Beautiful Girls" for its gentle charm, its wry humor and its unique and memorable characters.

Sit Back, Relax, Enjoy ANOTHER WONDERFUL BOOK!!

Alexander McCall Smith has written over 50 books from specialized works as The Criminal Law of Botswana, Forensic
Aspects of Sleep to Children's books. He currently is a Professor of Medical Law at Edinburgh University

Morality For Beautiful Girls
Life has become complicated for Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency in Bostwana. She has a great deal to think about. Mr. J.L.B.Matekoni, Mma Ramotswe's fiance and the owner of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, has been acting strangely of late. He is unusually listless and he seems uninterested either in his business or in her. What can be wrong with him? Precious determines her man is suffering from DEPRESSION! He too has lot's on his mind!

Being the only Detective Agency in town, and even though her business continues to grow, Mma Ramotswe's detective agency is not exactly prospering. But she has a lot of clients all demanding her services, and she has the repair shop to worry about This is where Ramotswe's assistant, Mma Makutsi, (who happened to achieve the highest score on record at her vocational school with a 97%!) shines and proves to be an invaluable asset. She not only becomes the acting manager of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, but she even takes on a lucrative case of her own. While Makutsi investigates the moral character of four contestants in the Miss Beauty and Integrity Contest, Mma Ramotswe looks into a possible poisoning for an important "Government Man".
Mma Ramotswe's sweet nature, unerring instincts and inherent common sense make her both a wonderful friend and a
superb detective. Mma Makutsi comes into her own in this novel, as she shows herself to be both an excellent investigator
and a shrewd manager. Another winning read from the author with excellent and interesting character development as both the characters and the reader become involved with the plot. Relax and enjoy another entry in this wonderful series!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book for it's unique and likable characters and exotic setting. The uniqueness of the mysteries
reflect a simpler lifestyle than many of us live and especially expect in a "mystery". TOTAL ENJOYMENT!
John Row

Precious Ramotswe's life grows more complicated

Mma Precious Ramotswe, the only lady private investigator in the nation of Botswana, finds that being engaged isn't all it's cracked up to be in this third installment in Smith's series (you definitely need to have read the first two in order to understand the references). Her fiance, Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni, the heretofore devoted and successful owner of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors and foster father to two Bushman orphans, proves to be suffering from depression and must be subtly tricked into seeking medical help. Meanwhile, her assistant, Mma Makutsi, discovers unsuspected talents when they move the Agency offices to share the garage premises and she finds herself riding herd on Mr. Matekoni's notoriously lazy and inept apprentices. Mystery is provided by the possible ongoing poisoning of the brother of an important Government official, who suspects his sister-in-law, and the discovery in the bush of a naked boy who "smells of lions" (anyone who has read Kipling's Mowgli stories will immediately guess at his past, though nothing canonical is established about it). The title arises from Mma Makutsi's efforts to learn which (if any) of four finalists in the Miss Glamorous Botswana contest are morally suited to the title. Smith, as always, conveys much of the spirit, flavor, and customs of the African nation he knows so well, and leaves us wanting to know how the cases of Mr. Maketoni's depression and the mysterious bush boy will turn out. Highly recommended for readers of the series.