An Emma Djan Investigation: The Missing American (Hardcover)

from gpangel

The Missing American by Kwei Quartey is a 2020 Soho Crime publication. A promising start to a new series! Emma Djan wanted to follow in her father's footsteps by becoming a homicide detective. She finally makes it into the police force, but her dreams of working homicide go horribly awry when...

from streamsong

This is one of the more interesting mysteries that I have read in a long while. We're flung head first into the social niceties of Ghana when an American flies to Ghana, believing that he has found his ideal woman. Instead, he finds that she does not exist, and he is the victim of a scam. An ...

from msf59

I do not read as much crime fiction, as I used to. I read a steady diet of it, in the 80s and 90s but I like reading one, now and then and this crime novel, the first in a series, was quite enjoyable. Set mostly in Ghana, it features an ex-cop private investigator, who is looking into an American...

from RidgewayGirl

A lonely widower is befriended on Facebook by a younger Ghanaian woman. They become close and he sends her money for her sister. His best friend, a dying journalist encourages him and he decides to visit her in Ghana. When he arrived, she is nowhere to be found. His friend convinces him to invest...

from bogopea

I enjoyed this story, especially about a region (Ghana) I knew nothing about. Thought the writing was first-rate and the story enticing. It certainly is a subject of our present day. Love Emma, the main character, and her portrayal as a determined young woman in a man's world. My only issue is th...