Mma Ramotswe discovers that there are downsides to being the best-known lady detective in Botswana when she receives an anonymous threatening letter. While she ponders the identity of the letter-writer, Mma has a further set of problems to solve on Tlokweng Road. There's an adopted child's poignant search for the true family, and Mr J.L.B. Matekoni's portuit of an expensive miracle for their own foster daughter, Motholeli.