Le lacrime della giraffa - Tears of the Giraffe, by Alexander McCall Smith (2000, Africa)

Precious Ramotswe is a woman: she's a detective living in Botswana. She's from there. Botswana is close to South Africa. The most beautiful thing of the novel is its style: even the way it is written reminds someway to the african temper. There are ways things need to be done. There are values. There's a mysteryous culture. And the Ladies'Detective Agency n.1 works there. Really peculiar.