
One bright morning Precious Ramotswe
- head of Botswana's No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- receives a visitor a woman from Australia This woman asks Precious to take on a case to find the nursemaid who raised her during her childhood in Botswana The woman wants to thank her for being such an important part of her life Precious has a history of successfully solving cases but this one proves difficult & throws up a number of surprises & challenges Back in her office next door to the Speedy Motors Garage on Twokleng Road Precious also has a team to manage Mr Polopetsi a part-time science teacher & new assistant at the agency; she mentors Charlie a former apprentice & young man too handsome & charming for his own good
- a man who has gotten himself in deep water; & then there is Precious's tumultuous but heart-warming friendship with her co-director the fiery Grace Makutsi Precious & Grace is a story about being a detective the complexities of human nature as well as lessons about gratitude & obligation