SLEEP
WELL,
MY LADY
By
Kwei Quartey
Publisher:
Soho Crime (January, 2021)
Format: Hardcover
Price: $27.95
ISBN-13: 978-1-64129-207-8
Kindle:
$14.99
An
Emma Djan Investigation (Book
2 of 2)
Reviewed
by Shirley Wetzel
(December, 2020)
Lady
Araba Tagoe was a rising star in the world of
fashion. Augustus Seiza’s once stellar career as a hard-hitting talk
show host
was sinking after years of alcohol-fueled missteps and erratic
behavior. Both
families disapproved of their relationship: Lady Araba’s strait-laced,
staunchly religious family dislike his alcoholism and immoral behavior;
Seiza’s
wealthy and powerful parents thinks she is responsible for their son’s
deterioration, and think she is a gold digger of loose morals.
When
the Lady’s gardener found her blood-soaked body
in the bedroom of her palatial home in an exclusive gated community,
Seiza is
the logical suspect, but the police quickly arrest Lady Araba’s driver
and
close the case.
Ten
months later, Lady Araba’s Aunt Dele asks
private investigator Emma Djan and her colleagues to take another look
at the
case. She doesn’t
believe the driver was
scapegoated. She is adamant that Augustus Seiza murdered her niece, and
she
makes a good case for that.
As
the private investigators dig into the murder,
they do find that much of the evidence points to Seiza, but he’s not
the only
one with motive. Emma finds others who might want to do away with Lady
Tagoe
for business or personal reasons. She uncovers disturbing information
about the
members of both families, secrets someone might take drastic measures
to
Mr. Quartey has won several awards since his first novel, WIFE OF THE GODS, was published in 2009. He writes two popular mystery series set in Ghana, the Detective Inspector Darko Investigations and the Emma Djan Investigations. Both series will appeal to fans of Alexander McCall Smith’s Mma. Precious Ramotswe mysteries. Highly recommended.
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