No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency book 23 · 2022
A Song of Comfortable Chairs
Mma Makutsi’s husband battles a firm undercutting his furniture business, while Grace tries to help an old friend’s troubled son.
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Book facts
- Author
- Alexander McCall Smith
- Series
- No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, book 23 of 27
- Published
- 2022
- Setting
- Set in Gaborone
- Characters charted
- 8
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Who is in A Song of Comfortable Chairs
8 recurring or key characters from Alexander McCall Smith’s chart.
Lead 1
- Precious RamotsweFounder of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
Major 2
- Grace MakutsiRamotswe’s assistant, later co-director, proud of her 97% exam score
- J.L.B. MatekoniMechanic, owner of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, Ramotswe’s husband
Minor and cameo 5
- CharlieApprentice mechanic
- FanwellApprentice mechanic
- Phuti RadiphutiFurniture shop owner and Grace’s husband
- Mma PotokwaneMatron of the orphan farm
- Violet SephothoGrace’s old rival
Also featuring these characters
Other Alexander McCall Smith books that share the most characters with A Song of Comfortable Chairs.
- How to Raise an Elephant2020 · No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency · 8 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Great Hippopotamus Hotel2024 · No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency · 8 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- To the Land of Long Lost Friends2019 · No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency · 8 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- In the Time of Five Pumpkins2025 · No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency · 8 shared charactersBuy on Amazon