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  • Published: 15 March 2015
  • ISBN: 9781616954833
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $38.00

Murder At Cape Three Points





Accra’s hotshot Detective Inspector Darko Dawson returns to solve a complex mystery that will take him out of the city to the beautiful coasts of Ghana, where a grim double-murder seems to have larger political implications.

A canoe washes up at a Ghanaian off-shore oil rig site. Inside it are the bodies of a prominent, wealthy couple, Charles and Fiona Smith-Aidoo, who have been ritualistically murdered. Pillars in their community, they are mourned by everyone, but especially by their niece Sapphire. She is not happy that months have passed since the murder and the local police have made no headway in figuring out who committed the gruesome crime.

Detective Inspector Darko Dawson of the Accra police force is sent out to Cape Three Points to investigate. The more he learns about the case, the more convoluted it becomes. Three Points has long been occupied by traditional fishing populations, but real estate entrepreneurs and wealthy oil companies have been trying to bribe the indigenous inhabitants to move out. Dawson unearths a host of motives for murder, ranging from personal vendettas to corporate conspiracies.

  • Published: 15 March 2015
  • ISBN: 9781616954833
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $38.00

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Praise for Murder At Cape Three Points

Praise for Kwei Quartey

"A sensitive novel of powerful family passions, set in the unique and vivid colors of Ghana."--Anne Perry

"Kwei Quartey does what all the best storytellers do. He takes you to a world you have never seen and makes it as real to you as your own backyard. Inspector Darko Dawson is relentless and I look forward to riding with him again."--Michael Connelly

"An absolute gem of a first novel and the sort of book that will delight not only hard-core mystery fans, but also those who visit the genre only casually in search of an occasional literary entertainment....Wife of the Gods undoubtedly will be compared with Alexander McCall Smith's phenomenally successful No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, but Quartey's debut is--to this reader, at least--a far richer and more sophisticated experience."--Los Angeles Times

"Quartey convincingly portrays the seedy underbelly of Accra, Ghana's capital city."--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review