Belgian Congo Mystery The Witch Doctor's Wife, Book 1, (Paperback)

from wcath

There is much to like about Tamar Myer's novel The Witch Doctor's Wife. The plot is well-written with surprises and twists that keep it moving. The characters are quite memorable, written with a wry wit and an understanding of the good and bad in people, no matter their country of origin, and in ...

from cathyskye

First Line: The dominant female danced along the edge of the manioc field, impatiently waiting the arrival of her pack. The plane young missionary Amanda Brown is traveling on crash lands outside the village of Belle Vue in the Belgian Congo, which is too forceful a way of telling her that she is...

from wcath

There is much to like about Tamar Myer's novel The Witch Doctor's Wife. The plot is well-written with surprises and twists that keep it moving. The characters are quite memorable, written with a wry wit and an understanding of the good and bad in people, no matter their country of origin, and in ...

from lyncos

This book is set in the Belgian Congo in 1958. Amanda Brown travels from South Carolina to the tiny village of Belle Vue to supervise a guest house for missionaries. The story includes several different threads: an increasing desire for political independence highlighting the vast social divide b...

from nyiper

This was a delightful book in so many ways. I loved the descriptive paragraphs at the beginning of each chapter, giving a special piece of the author's personal knowledge about Africa, but of course the entire book describes things the author knows. I particularly enjoyed the origins of the names...