No.1 Ladies Detective Agency Omnibus Edition: No.1 Ladies Detective Agency; Tears of the Giraffe; Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith

Read and reviewed in October, 2014, released later

A trilogy of books about the delightful and intriguing Number One lady detective of Botswana, Precious Ramotswe, and her friends and associates, her clients, and the cases she and her able assistant so cleverly and thoughtfully solve. I had already read the first one in the series, but gladly read it again, as well as the others. I really enjoy the Precious Ramotswe books, and hope to find more of them.

The Right Attitude to Rain: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel, by Alexander McCall Smith

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Read, reviewed, and released in April-May, 2013

A quiet, enjoyable book. Ms. Dalhousie is a philosopher and editor of a journal on applied ethics, and she spends much time musing and conversing about morality, ethics, and relationships.
On first glance, she seems to have little in common with Mr. Smith's other heroine, Precious Ramotswe, but in fact they are very similar after all. Both are strong, independent women who are deeply concerned with issues of what's right and wrong, and with people and relationships.