The eighteenth book I read in 2015 is book nine of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series,
The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith. In this installment, Phuti Radiphuti and Mma Makutsi go shopping for a bed for their shared home once they are married (beds, conveniently, not being stocked in the Double Comfort Furniture Store). They are taken advantage of by unethical tactics at close of sale, and things only get worse from there. Charlie and Mma Makutsi reach a probably-temporary truce over the tragic saga of the bed with the heart-shaped headboard.
In the meantime, Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni, given new hope that expensive medical science can heal Motholeli's paralysis, takes out a loan against Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors in order to pay for experimental treatment in Johannesburg, and Mma Ramotswe makes a sacrifice of her own to care for her family. In addition, the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is receiving anonymous threats.
The "main" mystery has to do with a woman seeking her birth family, but that honestly takes a back seat to the daily trials and triumphs of the characters we've come to know and love.
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