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I love the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. I'm four books into the series and still enjoying each book as much as the original. I love the setting, I love the characters and I love the gentle humour and the atmosphere. Though they're definitely 'mystery' as far as genre goes, they're usually not really that much of mysteries per se. They do always have a mystery, or two, or three, but they're often sort of side plots that are interspersed in the everyday living of life.
I've listened to the audiobooks on a few so far and Lisette Lecat is very good. I don't think I knew what colour her skin was but regardless I think she does justice to the books and is very pleasing to listen to. As far as Mma Ramotswe's voice, I will always think of it as Jill Scott's, who plays her in the television adaptation. That series is excellent - one of my absolute favourites - and it is such a pity it only lasted one year so far simply because its producers happened to die. As baseless at it might be, I'm still holding out hope that they'll get the series going again at some point in the near future. If any of you read the book and enjoy it then I strongly suggest to also try the television series. It's a real treat.
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