Mma Ramotswe's friend will persuade her to stand for election to the City Council. To be elected, Mma Ramotswe must have a platform and some policies. She will have to canvas opinion. She will have to get Mma Makutsi's views. Mma Ramotswe will take the campaign as far as she can, but lurking around the corner, as ever, is the inextinguishable Violet Sephotho. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, 19.