The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party

First edition (publ. Little, Brown)

The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party is a 2011 novel by Alexander McCall Smith and the twelfth installment in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.^[1]

Plot

Precious Ramotswe is taunted by a dream in which she is driving her old white van. Later, Ramotswe discovers that her van is running again, and sets out to retrieve it. Meanwhile, Charlie has gotten a girl pregnant with twin boys and feeling guilty, runs away. Ramotswe investigates a case of rural jealousy in which cattle are being injured. Violet Sephotho runs for Botswana Parliament which is Botswana's worst nightmare.

References

↑ "Best on the shelf: Fiction". Vancouver Sun. April 30, 2011.

Novel series by Alexander McCall Smith

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (1998) Tears of the Giraffe (2000) Morality for Beautiful Girls (2001) The Kalahari Typing School for Men (2002) The Full Cupboard of Life (2003) In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (2004) Blue Shoes and Happiness (2006) The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (2007) The Miracle at Speedy Motors (2008) Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (2009) The Double Comfort Safari Club (2010) The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (2011) The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (2012)

Professor Dr von Igelfeld	Portuguese Irregular Verbs (1997) The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs (2003) At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances (2003) The 2½ Pillars of Wisdom (2004) Unusual Uses for Olive Oil (2011)

The Sunday Philosophy Club	The Sunday Philosophy Club (2004) Friends, Lovers, Chocolate (2005) The Right Attitude to Rain (2006) The Careful Use of Compliments (2007) The Comfort of Saturdays (2008) The Lost Art of Gratitude (2009) The Charming Quirks of Others (2010) The Forgotten Affairs of Youth (2011) The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds (2012)

44 Scotland Street	44 Scotland Street (2004) Espresso Tales (2005) Love Over Scotland (2006) The World According to Bertie (2007) The Unbearable Lightness of Scones (2008) The Importance of Being Seven (2010) Bertie Plays the Blues (2011) Sunshine on Scotland Street (2012) Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers (2013)

Corduroy Mansions	Corduroy Mansions (2009) The Dog Who Came in from the Cold (2010) A Conspiracy of Friends (2011)

Others	La's Orchestra Saves the World (2008) Trains and Lovers: The Heart's Journey (2012) The Forever Girl (2014)