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This sure wasn't the cozy mystery I envisioned it to be when I voted for it. I had envisioned a group of amateur sleuths who were equal parts Murder She Wrote and knitting circle. The location of Africa and a heroine who was a woman of color was unexpected, but interesting. This was truly a book that matched to its own beat, and sometimes that worked and sometimes it fell short. The mysteries were thin, leaving the book to rely almost exclusively on the personality of Mma Ramotswe. Fortunately she was an interesting and likable character, and did much to redeem the book. Her unexpected decision at the book's end to finally accept J.L.B. Matekoni's offer of marriage seemed to be the very definition of contrived, however.
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