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The Missing American

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by Kwei Quartey
Robin Miles
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Introducing a series set in Ghana by critically acclaimed author Kwei Quartey.

When her dreams of rising through the police ranks like her late father crash around her, 26-year-old Emma Djan is unsure what will become of her life in Accra. Through a sympathetic former colleague, Emma gets an interview with a private detective agency tracking down missing persons, thefts, and marital infidelities. 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 cares about, and 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. When Gordon runs off to Ghana to surprise his new love and disappears, Derek chases after him, fearing for his father's life.

The case of the missing American man will drag both Emma and Derek into a world of sakawa scams, fetish priests, and those willing to keep things secret through death.

"Fans of Quartey's Darko Dawson series ready for another armchair visit to Ghana will be pleased to meet Emma Djan, introduced here in the same riveting blend of mystery and literary travel guide. After a horrifying #MeToo moment brings an abrupt end to Emma's police career, she is taken on by a private detective agency ... There is an amazing force to be reckoned with behind [Emma's] veil of politeness, and readers will want to hear more from Emma. "—Booklist, starred review

  • Creators

  • Series

    Emma Djan Investigation

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    March 3, 2020

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781980077497
      • File size: 381828 KB
      • Duration: 13:15:28

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 18, 2019
      At the start of this solid series launch from Quartey (the Darko Dawson series), a sniper assassinates Bernard Evans-Aidoo, a Ghanaian presidential candidate campaigning on an anti-corruption platform. Meanwhile, the hopes of 26-year-old Emma Djan, a detective constable in Accra, to become a homicide detective like her late father are dashed after she resists the advances of the sleazy commissioner of police, who offered her a transfer to the murder squad in return for sex; the commissioner then has her fired on trumped up charges. After doing some other work, Emma leaps at the opportunity to join a PI firm, which involves her in a complex missing person’s case. American Gordon Tilson, a lonely widower, was lured to Ghana by Helena, an online scam artist who pretended to be interested in him romantically and accepted thousands from him to pay her sister’s supposed medical bills. Soon after Tilson decided to try to seek justice, he disappeared. Quartey keeps readers guessing as to whether and how the political murder is linked to the Tilson case. Readers will welcome Emma into the ranks of capable female detectives. Agent: Marly Rusoff, Marly Rusoff Literary.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Robin Miles's expressive narration of Kwei Quartey's new mystery series about private investigator Emma Djan adds a colorful layer of atmosphere to an engaging story. Set in Accra, the plot revolves around the search for an American widower who disappears after coming from the U.S. to meet a Ghanaian widow he has encountered online. Emma, whose combination of smarts, social subservience, and determination are beautifully voiced, teams up with the widower's son to investigate a case that takes them into an underworld of fetish priests and Internet scams. Miles illuminates men and women, including a terrifying fetish priest, with well-chosen accents and characterizations, and helps listeners navigate Ghana's prejudicial social norms with a keep-calm narration. Long may the investigations continue with Miles, Quartey, and Djan. A.C.S. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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