Chapters 21, 22 Summary

Chapter 21, "The Witch Doctor's Wife" Mma Ramotswe drives her little white van down a poorly maintained road, following the map provided by Charlie Gotso. Eventually she arrives at a run-down farmstead and, fighting down nervousness at the thought of facing a medicine man, she gets out of the van and calls out. She is greeted by Mma Notshi, the medicine man's wife, who explains that her husband is away. Mma Ramotswe says she works for the police and has come to warn her that her husband is about to be arrested for the murder of the missing teacher's son, and that she (Mma Notshi) will be arrested as well, for helping in the killing. Mma Notshi says she had nothing to do with the boy's death and then, to Mma Ramotswe's surprise, reveals that the boy is alive, working with her husband's cattle...