Sleep Well, My Lady
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- 8,99 €
Publisher Description
In the follow-up to the acclaimed series debut The Missing American, PI Emma Djan investigates the death of a Ghanaian fashion icon and social media celebrity, Lady Araba.
Hard-hitting talk show host Augustus Seeza has become a household name in Ghana, though notorious for his lavish overspending, alcoholism, and womanizing. He’s dating the imposing, beautiful Lady Araba, who leads a selfmade fashion empire. Fearing Augustus is only after her money, Araba’s religious family intervenes to break them up. A few days later, just before a major runway show, Araba is found murdered in her bed. Her driver is arrested after a hasty investigation, but Araba’s favorite aunt, Dele, suspects Augustus Seeza was the real killer.
Almost a year later, Dele approaches Emma Djan, who has finally started to settle in as the only female PI at her agency. To solve Lady Araba’s murder, Emma must not only go on an undercover mission that dredges up trauma from her past, but navigate a long list of suspects with strong motives. Emma quickly discovers that they are all willing to lie for each other—and that one may still be willing to kill.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
An open-and-shut case proves to be anything but in Kwei Quartey’s engrossing murder mystery. Fashion designer Lady Araba was murdered in an exclusive gated community in Accra, Ghana, but the police are certain they caught the killer. Araba’s beloved Auntie Dele disagrees, so she hires intrepid young private detective Emma Djan to investigate the closed case. We love how Quartey skips around in time, giving us snapshots of events before and after the murder. The lengths that Emma and her team of investigators go to in order to uncover new evidence—flattery, disguises, sharp leaps of deduction—give the story plenty of charm. An old-school PI novel with a modern and empowering twist, Sleep Well, My Lady is a joy to read.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Quartey's terrific sequel to 2020's The Missing American, PI Emma Djan takes on a nearly year-old cold case the murder of high-profile fashion icon Lady Araba in the bedroom of her lush mansion in a gated community known as the Beverly Hills of Accra, Ghana. Lady Araba's aunt doesn't believe her niece's chauffeur, who was convicted for the killing, is guilty. Emma and her colleagues at the Yemo Sowah Agency assume various undercover identities as housekeeper, cop, construction worker, professor, journalist, interested house buyer in an effort to narrow the long list of possible culprits, including family members, several lovers, and an alcoholic TV talk show host. Stops at the morgue and a forensic lab, as well as an ongoing search for a unique murder weapon, contribute to the dark atmosphere. Along the way, Quartey skewers Ghanaian politics, religion, and the law. Smooth prose complements the well-wrought plot. This distinctive detective series deserves a long run.
