Grace, Grace Makutsi, unique competent secretary of the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency, has a truly troubling, very, very troubling, big problem she cannot bear to tell Mma Ramotswe.And the The Tiny White Van - Mma Ramotswe's beloved, so very old tiny white van is making louder and louder knocking sounds.Mr.J.L.B.Matekoni, expert mechanic, dear husband of Precious Ramotswe, is not able to repair so old a van any more.All things must die.Grace, engaged to Phuti Radiphuti owner of the big Double Comfort Furniture Store, is joyful, is so happy.Then her peace is shattered by the shameless actions of Violet Sephotho - a very "glamourous lady", a jealous, spiteful, former classmate.Grace finds a little short-lived comfort in an irresistible, a delightful purchase of a pair of shoes; shoes of green crocodile hide (not real, that would be so bad for the crocodiles).But there is no money left to buy food to give Phuti Radiphuti a good supper! So Grace accepts Mma Ramotswe's invitation to supper at Zebra Drive where matters of the heart can be approached away from the office.And the other job for which they are hired - it seems that not even the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency can solve the mystery of the puzzling losses of the wonderful and normally successful Kalahari Swoopers football team.Why does Mr.Leungo Molofololo, team owner, lover of football, have such explosions of bad temper with the team he loves and nurtures?Puso, little seven year old Puso, is the foster son of Mma Ramotswe and Mr.J.L.B.Matekoni.He, a devoted fan of the Swoopers, provides the final clue that solves the mystery which almost defeated the two lady detectives to whom football itself is a mystery.Mma Ramotswe is comfortable with her traditional build; she also cherishes the traditions of her past, but lives at ease in her present.Her thoughts wander in wide-ranging circles through her life and the life of her beloved country.Suspenseful and irresistibly charming, Tea Time For the Traditionally Built is the tenth book of the series written by Alexander McCall Smith.Whether you enjoy reading it, or listening to the very enjoyable audio version read for Recorded Books by Lisette Lecat, Mma Ramotswe's thoughts are brought to the hearts, minds and sympathies of the reader from the first word to the last period.
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