Last Seen in Lapaz

, #3

English language

Published Nov. 13, 2023 by Soho Press, Incorporated.

ISBN:
978-1-64129-340-2
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When a whirlwind romance leads to a brutal murder and the disappearance of a young Nigerian woman, PI Emma Djan resorts to dangerous undercover work to track her down in Accra. Just as things at work are slowing down for PI Emma Djan, an old friend of her boss’s asks for help locating his missing daughter in Accra. According to her father, Ngozi had a bright future ahead of her when she became secretive and withdrawn. Suddenly, all she wanted to do was be with her handsome new beau, Femi, instead of attending law school in the fall. So when she disappears from her parents’ house in Nigeria in the middle of the night, they immediately suspect Femi was behind it and have reason to believe the pair has fled to Ghana. The case escalates quickly when Femi is found murdered at an opulent hotel in Accra, but there are …

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reviewed Last Seen in Lapaz by Kwei Quartey (Emma Djan Investigation, #3)

A great glimpse of life in Ghana

(read advance review copy) One of the things I love about Kwei Quartey's Emma Djan series is the slice of life in Ghana that they show. This one takes that up a notch (perhaps one notch too high). There's a lot less of Emma's personal life in this one, and lot more of the life of the victims and suspects. At some times, this background threatened to overwhelm the storytelling. But it did wrap up in a satisfactory way.