Kwei Quartey
4 SeriesKwei Quartey, a Ghanaian author, is renowned for his Darko Dawson Mystery series. His work has significantly contributed to the genre of crime fiction.
In Kwei Quartey's "Wife of the Gods," the first book of the Dark Dawson Mystery series, Detective Inspector Darko Dawson investigates a murder in the small town of Ketanu, Ghana. Leaving his family behind, Dawson uncovers a disturbing local practice where teenage girls are offered as trokosi, or Wives of the Gods, to fetish priests. As he delves into the young girl's death, Dawson exposes secrets the town wishes to keep hidden, some of which have a personal connection to him. The locals resist his outsider interference, adding tension to his investigation.
