The Double Comfort Safari Club

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

By: Alexander McCall Smith

Narrated by: Lisette Lecat

Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

Listeners will agree that this touching and dramatic new installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s beloved and best-selling series is the finest yet. In this story, Precious Ramotswe deals with issues of mistaken identity and great fortune against the beautiful backdrop of Botswana’s remote and striking Okavango Delta.

Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi head to a safari camp to carry out a delicate mission on behalf of a former guest who has left one of the guides a large sum of money. But once they find their man, Precious begins to sense that something is not right. To make matters worse, shortly before their departure, Mma Makutsi’s fiancé, Phuti Radiphuti, suffers a debilitating accident, and when his aunt moves in to take care of him, she also pushes Mma Makutsi out of the picture. Could she be trying to break up the relationship?

Finally, a local priest and his wife independently approach Mma Ramotswe with concerns of infidelity, creating a rather unusual and tricky situation. Nevertheless, Precious is confident that with a little patience, kindness and good sense things will work out for the best - something that will delight her many fans.

©2010 Alexander McCall Smith (P)2010 Recorded Books, LLC

great Series

This series is about everyday life, but kept me reading. I enjoyed the series. Wish there were more.

Love these books

I love traveling to Botswana with Ma Ramotsue and friends. Lisette Lecat's narration is beyond superb.

Love The Light Series

Where does The Double Comfort Safari Club rank among all the audiobooks you???ve listened to so far?

I can't get enough of The No.1 Ladies' Detective series, always entertaining and different. I recommend the series often to readers I know would love this series. It refreshing to get away from the overly descriptive books.

Another great in the series!

If you could sum up The Double Comfort Safari Club in three words, what would they be?

Fun, enlighteing, wise

What other book might you compare The Double Comfort Safari Club to and why?

All in his series of Ma Ramotsway.

What does Lisette Lecat bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She sounds exactly like I picture the characters. Lovely cadence.L

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Never cried.
Felt sorry sometimes but definitely laughed.

Any additional comments?

Just when I think there's no more to be said or done in the lives of these characters, here comes another engrossing and expanding book! Wouldn't miss a one of them, and haven't! I'm ready for more!

Another lovely book by Dr. Smith

Slow down and enjoy the simple and loving relationships, emotions, and dialogue of another Mma Ramotswe book. The narration is excellent, and the descriptions are worthy of more than one listen...I found myself rewinding and re-enjoying certain scenes. As with all books in a series, I feel that this book is best enjoyed in order, but the references should keep you current if you don't already know the characters, whom I feel that I know.

I Love Mma. Ramotswy

I love this series of books. I love it I love it I love it. Nothing much ever happens, but you can't help from being drawn into this lovely world. These books are like the literary version of comfort food.

Lisette Lecat really shines in this one

Would you consider the audio edition of The Double Comfort Safari Club to be better than the print version?

I can't imagine just reading this series. It would be like reading plays--you get the gist and can even appreciate wonderful writing, but the words don't really come to life until you hear them performed, especially in this series since there are a lot of words in a language most of us don't hear spoken very often. I find that when those words appear in print, they interrupt the story since I want to stop and figure them out, but when Ms. Lecat reads them, they add to rhythm and flow to the narrative.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Not exactly an "edge of the seat" series, but in this one there was a nice little twist that I hadn't expected.

What about Lisette Lecat’s performance did you like?

She is always remarkable in this series,so much so that she is integral to my enjoyment of the stories, but my favorite narrations are ones in which she gets to show her acting chops like this one. She can do subtle shifts in accents as well as obvious differences, so the careful listener gets clues before the print reader does. She must read the books & make a chart of pertinent traits of each new character; I'd love to hear her talk about her process.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Yes,the resolution of the heir mystery.

Any additional comments?

A hopefully helpful hint: I adore listening to these books but I find the pace of narration a bit slower than I like. Discovering that I could listen at 1.25x speed has made them close to perfect.

Life Lessons

I enjoy reading all of these stories, so many life lessons about love and kindness!

Beautiful lessons

there's books are full of beautiful life lessons . And equally entertaining I never get enough

Delightful as always.

Any additional comments?

Alexander McCall Smith wrties lovely, gentle stories about ordinary people. His insights into our pettiness and kindness are universal. I love the No. 1 Ladies Detectvie Agency series!