Wife of the Gods
Subtitle: A Novel
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780812979367
Subjects: Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Missing persons, fiction; Africa, fiction; Crime, fiction
Description: Set in Ghana, this novel is the story of Detective Inspector Darko Dawson, who is sent from the big city to the village of Ketanu to solve the murder of an accomplished young AIDS worker. Darko's own mother disappeared from this same village many years ago, and as the mystery unfolds, the reader meets a rich cast of characters, and learns about Trokosi, a system where young teenage girls are sent to live with fetish priests to bring good fortune to their families. Darko explores the motivations and secrets of the residents of Ketanu, and in addition to solving a recent murder, discovers the shocking truth about his own mother's disappearance.