THE GREAT HIPPOPOTAMUS HOTEL

232pp., paperback, Reprint, Abacus, London, (2024) 2025

ISBN: 9780349145983

Book 25 in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.

Precious Ramotswe and Grace Makutsi investigate mysterious happenings at the previously successful Great Hippopotamus Hotel in Gaberone, Botswana.

"As charming as ever ... In these increasingly fractious and febrile times, we perhaps need Mma Ramotswe more than ever" Washington Post

"There is the same charm, the same acuteness, the same humour, the same generous understanding." Allan Massie, Scotsman

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over one hundred books on various subjects, including the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie novels and the serial novel, Scotland Street. He is Professor Emeritus of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and holds honorary doctorates from thirteen universities.