The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

I always enjoy reading books from the #1 Ladies Detective Agency series. The owner of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Precious Ramotswe, is a sweet, intelligent, benevolent lady whose love of her country, Africa, comes through loud and clear.  She uses her classic woman's intuition and reasoning to solve whatever problems her clients have. Precious opens her detective agency by putting up her sign, "THE NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY. FOR ALL CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS AND ENQUIRIES. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED FOR ALL PARTIES. UNDER PERSONAL MANAGEMENT."  Alexander McCall Smith makes me love Precious with his beautiful characterization of her.  Smith, through his characters, takes us on a tour of Africa with his lively, intelligent heroine and  her fellow Africans, who live their lives with dignity.  I have read the entire series and learned a lot about Africa and the day to day living of a typical (well maybe not exactly typical) African business woman living in a small town. Whenever I finish one of these books I always want to tell Precious "You Go Girl!"