In the slums of Accra, Ghanaβs fast-moving, cosmopolitan capital, teenagers are turning up dead. Inspector Darko Dawson has seen many crimes, but this latest string of murdersβin which all the young victims bear a chilling signatureβis the most unsettling of his career. Are these heinous acts a form of ritual killing or the work of a lone, cold-blooded monster? With time running out, Dawson embarks on a harrowing journey through the cityβs underbelly and confronts the brutal world of the urban poor, where street children are forced to fight for their very survivalβand a cunning killer seems just out of reach.
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