Wife of the Gods
Kwei J. Quartey, . . Random, $24 (317pp) ISBN 978-1-4000-6759-6
Quartey's winning debut, a police procedural set in modern Ghana, introduces gifted detective Darko Dawson. Dawson leaves the capital city of Accra to investigate a murder in remote Ketanu, where traditional beliefs about the spirit world still reign. He finds no lack of suspects, as the beautiful victim was a married man's impatient mistress and a controversial crusader against AIDS and
Reviewed on: 04/13/2009
Genre: Fiction