It is a troublesome fact on which even Mma Ramotswe and her assistant MmaMakutsi agree: there are things that men know and ladies do not, and viceversa. It is unfortunate, for example, when Mma Ramotswe's newest clientis the big-shot owner of the ailing Kalahari Swoopers, that one thing ladydetectives know very little about is football. And when the glamorousViolet Sephotho sets her sights on Mma Makutsi's unsuspecting fiance, itbecomes exasperatingly clear that some men do not know how to recognise aruthless Jezebel even when she is bouncing up and down on the best bed inthe Double Comfort Furniture Shop. In her attempt to foster understandingbetween the sexes and find the traitor on Mr Football's team, Mma Ramotsweventures into new territory, drinks tea in unfamiliar kitchens and learnsto trust in the observational powers of small boys. And, as wise andwarm-hearted as his heroine, Alexander McCall Smith reminds us that wemust dig deep to uncover the goodness of the human heart.