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Soho Crime
March 2014
On Sale: March 18, 2014
Featuring: Darko Dawson
336 pages
ISBN: 1616953896
EAN: 9781616953898
Kindle: B00FDS43UC
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Mystery
Accra’s hotshot Detective Inspector Darko Dawson returns to
solve a complex mystery that will take him out of the city
to the beautiful coasts of Ghana, where a grim double-murder
seems to have larger political implications. At Cape Three Points on the beautiful Ghanaian coast, a
canoe washes up at an oil rig site. The two bodies in the
canoe—who turn out to be a prominent, wealthy, middle-aged
married couple—have obviously been murdered; the way Mr.
Smith-Aidoo has been gruesomely decapitated suggests the
killer was trying to send a specific message—but what, and
to whom, is a mystery. The Smith-Aidoos, pillars in their
community, are mourned by everyone, but especially by their
niece Sapphire, a successful pediatric surgeon in Ghana's
capital, Accra. She is not happy that months have passed
since the murder and the rural police have made no headway. When the Ghanaian federal police finally agree to get
involved, Detective Inspector Darko Dawson of the Accra
police force is sent out to Cape Three Points to
investigate. Pretty as the coast is, he is not happy to be
sent away from his wife and two sons, the younger of whom is
recovering from a heart operation. And the more he learns
about the case, the more convoluted and dangerous it
becomes. Three Points has long been inhabited by tribal
villages of subsistence fishers, but real estate
entrepreneurs and wealthy oil companies have been trying to
bribe the tribes to move out. Dawson roots out a host of
motives for murder, ranging from personal vendettas to
corporate conspiracies.
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