- American literature, Women private investigators, Fiction, Missing persons
"When her dreams of rising through the police ranks like her late father crash around her, 26-year-old Emma Djan is unsure what will become of her life in Accra. Through a sympathetic former colleague, Emma gets an interview with a private detective agency tracking down missing persons, thefts, and marital infidelities.
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Contemporary, classical in form, grave and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Kwei Quartey
- First published
- 2020
- Pages
- 448
- Publisher
- Soho Press, Incorporated, Allison & Busby, Limited, Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781641290708
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