A 2021 Edgar Nominee for Best Novel
Accra private investigator Emma Djan's first missing persons case will
lead her to the darkest depths of the email scams and fetish priests in
Ghana, the world's Internet capital.
When her dreams of rising through the Accra police ranks like her late
father crash around her, 26-year-old Emma Djan is unsure what will
become of her career. Through a sympathetic former colleague, Emma gets
an interview with a private detective agency that takes on cases of
missing persons, theft, and infidelity. It's not the future she
imagined, but it's her best option.
Meanwhile, Gordon Tilson, a middle-aged widower in Washington, DC, has
found solace in an online community after his wife's passing. Through
the support group, he's even met a young Ghanaian widow he's come to
care about. When her sister gets into a car accident, he sends her
thousands of dollars to cover the hospital bill--to the horror of his
only son, Derek. Then Gordon decides to surprise his new love by paying
her a visit--and disappears. Fearing for his father's life, Derek
follows him across the world to Ghana, Internet capital of the world,
where he and Emma will find themselves deep in a world of sakawa scams,
fetish priests, and those willing to kill to protect their secrets.