The third book in the multi-million copy bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series

The one with the boy who might have been raised by lions

Facing financial trouble, the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is obliged to move into the same premises as Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. And on top of her domestic complications with her fiancé Mr J. L. B. Matekoni and his adopted children, Motholeli and Puso, Mma Ramotswe faces several challenging cases. These include some unattractive behaviour among the contestants in a beauty pageant, and the perplexing discovery of a boy running wild, who smells of lion...

'Charming, delightful, feel-good stuff' Daily Express

'Unalloyed pleasure' Sunday Telegraph

'Charming' Scotland on Sunday

'One of the most entrancing treats of many a year' Wall Street Journal