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Quartey, Kwei J.
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Police -- Ghana -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Ghana -- Fiction.
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Quartey, Kwei J.
Police -- Ghana -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Ghana -- Fiction.
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Wife
of the
gods
: a
novel
/ by Kwei J. Quartey.
by
Quartey, Kwei J.
Random House, c2009.
Call #:
FICTION QUA
Subjects
Police -- Ghana -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Ghana -- Fiction.
Series
Quartey, Kwei J. Inspector Darko Dawson mysteries ; 1.
ISBN:
9780812979367
9781400067596 (alk. paper)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
317 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
An original debut
novel
set in Ghana, is the story of Detective Inspector Darko Dawson, who is sent from the big city to the village of Ketanu to solve the murder of an accomplished young AIDS worker. Darko's own mother disappeared from this same village many years ago, and as the mystery unfolds, the reader meets a rich cast of characters, and learns about Trokosi, a system where young teenage girls are sent to live with fetish priests to bring good fortune to their families. Darko explores the motivations and secrets of the residents of Ketanu, and in addition to solving a recent murder, discovers the shocking truth about his own mother's disappearance.
Genre:
First
novel
.
Mystery fiction.
Black fiction.
Holds:
1
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J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library
Adult Mystery Fiction
FICTION QUA
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