Last Seen in Lapaz, Kwei Quartey
Last Seen in Lapaz, Kwei Quartey
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Last Seen in Lapaz

Author: Kwei Quartey

Narrator: Robin Miles

Unabridged: 12 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/21/2023


Synopsis

When a whirlwind romance leads to a brutal murder and the disappearance of a young Nigerian woman, PI Emma Djan resorts to dangerous undercover work to track her down in Accra.

Just as things at work are slowing down for PI Emma Djan, an old friend of her boss’s asks for help locating his missing daughter. According to her father, Ngozi had a bright future ahead of her when she became secretive and withdrawn.

Suddenly, all she wanted to do was be with her handsome new beau, Femi, instead of attending law school in the fall. So when she disappears from her parents’ house in Nigeria the middle of a summer night, they immediately suspect Femi was behind it and have reason to believe the pair has fled to Accra.

During Emma’s first week on the case, Femi is found murdered at his opulent residence in Accra. There are no signs of Ngozi at the scene, and fearing the worst, Emma digs further, discovering that Femi was part of a network of sex traffickers across West Africa.

Emma must figure out which of Femi’s many enemies killed him, but more urgently, she must find Ngozi before she, too, is murdered in cold blood.

About Kwei Quartey

Kwei Quartey was raised in Ghana by an African American mother and a Ghanaian father, both of whom were university lecturers. He writes early in the morning before setting out to work at HealthCare Partners, where he runs a wound care clinic and is the lead physician at an urgent care center. He lives in Pasadena and is currently working on his next novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lady on November 09, 2022

Naive Ngozi falls in love with Femi,an ex-convict and elopes with him to the land where their love began, Ghana. Ngozi’s father unaware of the love affair of his daughter goes to Ghana where he was a Diplomat to look for his missing daughter. At his wit’s end, he employs the service of his friend and......more

Goodreads review by Sherry on December 14, 2022

This is the 3rd in the series with PI Emma Djan set in Ghana and the first one I’ve read in this series. A missing Nigerian woman disappears from her home. It’s presumed with her boyfriend Femi. The father at wits end goes to the PI agency owned by Sowah an old college friend and asks them to help f......more

Goodreads review by Paula on November 27, 2022

I have long been a fan of Kwei Quartey's novels and am especially fond of this series, which features private detective Emma Djan. What distinguishes Quartey's books from so many others' are the strength of his writing, his plotting and character development, and his increasing focus on important so......more

Goodreads review by Janalyn, the blind reviewer on February 11, 2023

Wow… Wow… OMG… What a great freaking book! Emma is a detective she is in a new relationship with a guy named Courage, who is a Ghana police detective. When Emma goes into the agency she sees a well-dressed man and he’s asking for her boss it isn’t until later that her boss tells her he’s an old frie......more

Goodreads review by Randy on January 16, 2023

I liked this book a lot. An interesting (albeit sad) story artfully woven together. Much more interesting than if the author had laid things out chronologically. Recommended reading! I’d like to thank the publisher for making this book available in a Goodreads giveaway.......more