I wonder if the TV series is very different in some way.
I do seem to recall it was intended to be a movie...then the director died and it was scraped and turned into TV series?
The books are fascinating, but very slow in pace compared to
what Americans are used to in "crime" entertainment. They are more human interest stories, rather than "mysteries". And violence is rare in them.
I think McCall-Smith's writing is most of the pleasure of the books. Once you read several, the stories become less engaging.
The 3rd book with the Giraffe on the cover was my favorite.
We bought several of them used in paperback, to have at home, from Amazon.
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