Book description
The twenty-third book in the perennially adored The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
Grace Makutsi's husband, Phuti, is in a bind. An international firm is attempting to undercut his prices in the office furniture market. Phuti has always been concerned with quality and comfort, but this new firm seems…
Why read it?
1 author picked A Song of Comfortable Chairs as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I have read this series since its inception in 2003, I’ve watched the television show, and I’ve seen Alexander McCall Smith in person. I am a true fan, and anything in this series is something I know will make me warm inside, a comfortable read like the comfortable chair in the title.
This was one of my favorite Ladies Detective Agency books of late. So enjoyable, with trouble with Mma Makutsi, BFF of No 1 Lady Detective Mma Ramotswe, plus trouble for the beloved Double Comfort Furniture Store, not to mention trouble with a teenager.
The conflict is real and…
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