Alexander McCall Smith is the author of a series of novels about Mma Ramotswe and her detective agency, about a shrewd and charming woman who dreams of “helping people and solving their problems.” The adventures of Mma Ramotswe have been translated into 34 languages and have become bestsellers in many countries. As in the two previous novels in the series about the women's detective agency, the author explores the characters of his heroes rather than forcing them to solve criminal problems. With gentleness and compassion, he addresses topics such as marital jealousy and mental health. Mma Ramotswe's agency finds itself in straitened circumstances, so Mma Ramotswe and her fiancé, Mr. Matekoni, decide to combine a car repair shop and a detective agency under one roof. Mr Matekoni is not feeling well but refuses to go to the doctor, and Mma Ramotswe suspects he is depressed. She asks Mma Potokowane, whom her fiancé treats with the greatest respect, to take him to the doctor while she herself goes out of town to investigate the circumstances of the poisoning. Meanwhile, her assistant and secretary Mma Makutsi brilliantly manages both the workshop and the detective agency. In Mma Ramotswe's absence, she does something unusual - she investigates how virtuous the beauty pageant contestants really are.