The many problems that lead customers to Mma Ramotswe's door seem to be multiplying, and no sooner has she settled into her newly married state than she finds herself looking into several troublesome matters at once. There is, to begin with, a disturbing case of blackmail and theft from the Governement catering college. Then, while on an errand for her husband to the Mokolodi Game Reserve Mma Ramotswe is summoned to investigated an unpleasant situation that may be due to wichcraft, or something worse. There are sinister goings-on at a health clinic to be looked into, not to mention any number of small wrongs to be righted along the path to detective triumph.