"Hard-hitting talk show host Augustus Seeza has become a household name in Ghana, though plagued by rumors of lavish overspending, alcoholism, and womanizing. He's dating the imposing, beautiful Lady Araba, who leads a self-made fashion empire. Araba's religious family believes Augustus is after her money and 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...

Darko Dawson has just been promoted to Chief Inspector in the Ghana Police Service, but it comes at a price. He is transferred to remote Obuasi, in the Ashanti region, an area now notorious for the illegal exploitation of its gold mines. His first case involves a body unearthed in one of the gold quarries, a Chinese immigrant named Bao Liu, one of many who have flocked to the Ashanti region to work the alluvial gold mines. The list of potential suspects...

Detective Inspector Darko Dawson, a good family man and a remarkably intuitive sleuth, is sent to the village of Ketanu -- the site of his mother's disappearance many years ago -- to solve the murder of an accomplished young AIDS worker. While battling his own anger issues and concerns for his ailing son, Darko explores the motivations and secrets of the residents of Ketanu. It soon becomes clear that in addition to solving a recent murder, he is...

"An intelligent and funny debut about a relatable, indomitable heroine: a young seamstress in Ghana who agrees to an arranged marriage, only to realize that some compromises are too extreme to accept, illuminating what it means to be a woman in a rapidly changing world"--

"The day Fatima forgot her name, Death paid a visit. From here on in she would be known as Sankofa, a name that meant nothing to anyone but her. It is the only tie to her family and her past. Her touch is death, and with a glance a town can fall. She walks alone, except for her fox companion, searching for the object that came from the sky and gave itself to her when the meteors fell, when she was yet unchanged. She searches for answers. But is there...

Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle, raising half-caste children who will be sent abroad to be educated in England before returning to the Gold Coast to serve as administrators of the Empire. Her sister, Esi, will be imprisoned beneath...