Angel's Sweet Nature at the Fore Amid Gloom in War-Torn Rwanda ; This Month Our Reader Panel, Sponsored by Waterstone's, Will Read Baking Cakes in Kigali, by Gaile Parkin, Reviewed Here by Helen Meynell.

Derby Evening Telegraph › August 29, 2009

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SHAMELESSLY aimed at fans of a certain lady detective in Botswana, Baking Cakes In Kigali is another gently humorous tale of everyday life in Africa.

Even the cover is reminiscent of Alexander McCall Smith's No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and there are startling similarities between the two leading ladies.

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Angel's Sweet Nature at the Fore Amid Gloom in War-Torn Rwanda ; This Month Our Reader Panel, Sponsored by Waterstone's, Will Read Baking Cakes in Kigali, by Gaile Parkin, Reviewed Here by Helen Meynell.

Gaile Parkin's heroine is the traditionally-built Angel Tungaraza who, like Precious Ramotswe, has a knack for diplom...

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