Good Husband of Zebra Drive B

　　As winter turns to spring across the red earth, acacia treesand slow green rivers of Botswana, all is not quite as it should beon Zebra Drive, home to Mma Ramotswe and her beloved husband Mr J.L. B. Matekoni. At the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency there are theusual number of cases to be pursued, from persistent theft atTeenie Magama's printing works to the rather more serious case ofthree suspicious deaths at the Mochudi hospital, but there isdiscontent among the ranks. It is bad enough that Mr Matekoni'sapprentice Charlie is off on another escapade and Mma Makutsi'simpending marriage threatens her happy working relationship withMma Ramotswe. And when - in trying to prove himself a worthyhusband - Mr J. L. B. Matekoni himself decides to try a littledetective work, disaster looms ...Tender, witty and wise, thelatest instalment in the lives of Alexander McCall's Smith'sextended Botswana family instructs us with familiar modesty in theimportance of trust, love, not judging by appearances and whatreally makes a good husband.