In the Time of Five Pumpkins by Alexander McCall Smith (Paperback)

The first rains have reached Gaborone, and with them comes a new client for Mma Ramotswe, a man who suspects his wife of seeing someone else. She brings Charlie along on the case, and the more they learn, the less sure they are that the client told them everything.

Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, meanwhile, has made a new friend, Mr. Mogorosi, a big name in the motor trade, and Mma Ramotswe can’t tell what the man wants. When the two go fishing in water full of crocodiles, she starts to worry. There is red bush tea as always, a slice of Mma Potokwane’s fruit cake, and pumpkins doing very well in Mma Potokwane’s garden.

Paperback, 224 pages, published by Vintage in August 2026.

Details

• Author: Alexander McCall Smith
• Series: No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Book 26
• Publisher: Vintage
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 224
• Language: English
• ISBN-13: 9780593688779