"In this fifth novel in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective
Agency series, we are once again transported to
Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, and enter the world of
Mma Precious Ramotswe and her friends." "Mma Ramotswe is
engaged to Mr. J. L. B. Matchani. She wonders when the
wedding date will be set, but she is anxious to avoid
putting too much pressure on her fiance. For, indeed, he
has other things on his mind - notably a frightening
request made of him by Mma Potokwane, the pushy matron of
the Orphan Farm." And there is the No. 1 Ladies' Detective
Agency to tend to. Mma Ramotswe has been hired to
determine whether the several suitors of a wealthy woman -
who made her fortune in hair braiding salons - are really
interested in her, or only in her money. A difficult task,
but no one can match Mma Ramotswe in resourcefulness and
spot on intuition.