"Fans of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency may have a new hero:
Detective Inspector Darko Dawson."--The Wall Street Journal
Introducing Detective Inspector Darko Dawson: dedicated family man,
rebel in the office, ace in the field--and one of the most appealing
sleuths to come along in years. When we first meet Dawson, he's been
ordered by his cantankerous boss to leave behind his loving wife and
young son in Ghana's capital city to lead a murder investigation: In a
shady grove outside the small town of Ketanu, a young woman--a promising
medical student--has been found dead under suspicious circumstances.
Dawson is fluent in Ketanu's indigenous language, so he's the right man
for the job, but the local police are less than thrilled with an
outsider's interference. For Dawson, this sleepy corner of Ghana is rife
with emotional land mines: an estranged relationship with the family he
left behind twenty-five years earlier and the painful memory of his own
mother's inexplicable disappearance. Armed with remarkable insight and a
healthy dose of skepticism, Dawson soon finds his cosmopolitan
sensibilities clashing with age-old customs, including a disturbing
practice in which teenage girls are offered to fetish priests as
trokosi, or Wives of the Gods. Delving deeper into the student's
haunting death, Dawson will uncover long-buried secrets that, to his
surprise, hit much too close to home.
Praise for Wife of the Gods
"An absolute gem . . . mystery fans have an important new voice to
savor."--Los Angeles Times
"Full of suspense, humor and plot twists . . . Quartey's remarkable
characters give the reader a worthy whodunit."--Ebony
"[A] winning debut . . . Dawson is a wonderful creation, a man as rich
with contradictions as the Ghana Quartey so delightfully
evokes."--Publishers Weekly
"Engrossing . . . [Quartey] renders a compelling cast of characters. .
. . Fans of McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency will relish
the opportunity to discover yet another intriguing area of
Africa."--Booklist (starred review)
