A Song of Comfortable Chairs

Alexander McCall Smith, Little, Brown, £18.99

Pour a cup of tea, settle into a comfortable fireside chair, and lose yourself in the warmth, wit and wisdom of Mma Ramotswe.

We’ve been counting down the days to the latest in the Botswana No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. This time we find the ladies trying to solve the problem of a friend’s troubled teenage son as he struggles to accept a new step-father.