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the full cupboard of life
br full cupboard of life br in the fifth book in the prodigiously successful series traditionally built eminently sensible mma precious ramotswe continues her enterprise at the no. 1 ladies detective agency in gaborone botswana a country that is indeed fortunate . br still engaged to the estimable mr j.l.b. matekoni mma ramotswe understands that she should not put too much pressure on him as he has other concerns especially a hair raising request from the ever persuasive mma potokwane matron of the orphan farm . besides mma ramotswe herself has weighty matters on her mind . she has been approached by a wealthy lady to check up on several suitors . are these men interested in the lady or just her money this may be a difficult case but its just the kind of problem mma ramotswe likes and she is as we know a very intuitive lady . br in the company of cheerful ladies br precious is busier than usual at the detective agency when she discovers an intruder in her house on zebra drive and perhaps even more baffling a pumpkin on her porch . her associate mma makutsi also has a full plate . shes taken up dance lessons only to be partnered with a man with two left feet . and at tlokweng road speedy motors where mr j.l.b. matekoni is already overburdened with work one of his apprentices has run off with a wealthy older woman . but what finally rattles mma ramotswes normally unshakable composure is a visitor who forces her to confront a difficult secret from her past .