Kwei Quartey
Kwei Quartey is a Ghanaian-American physician and crime writer whose Emma Djan investigation agency series and Darko Dawson police procedural series are set in contemporary Ghana. His novels brought West African crime fiction to an international readership with procedural authenticity and deep cultural insight.
Works
- Wife of the GodsDetective investigates ritualistic murder in a traditional Ghanaian village
- Children of the StreetCop confronts street children's dangerous world while investigating kidnapping in Ghana
- Murder at Cape Three PointsDetective hunts a serial killer terrorizing Ghana's coastal mining communities
- Gold of Our FathersDetective uncovers murder and greed surrounding Ghana's dangerous gold mining industry
- Death by His GraceCop investigates murder connected to religious faith and grace in Ghana