Sleep Well, My Lady, Kwei Quartey
Sleep Well, My Lady, Kwei Quartey
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Sleep Well, My Lady

Author: Kwei Quartey

Narrator: Robin Miles

Unabridged: 10 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/02/2021


Synopsis

In the follow-up to the acclaimed series debut The Missing American, PI Emma Djan investigates the death of a Ghanaian fashion icon and social media celebrity, Lady Araba. Hard-hitting talk show host Augustus Seeza has become a household name in Ghana, though notorious for his lavish overspending, alcoholism, and womanizing. He’s dating the imposing, beautiful Lady Araba, who leads a self-made fashion empire. Fearing Augustus is only after her money, Araba’s religious family 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 a hasty investigation, but Araba’s favorite aunt, Dele, suspects Augustus Seeza was the real killer. Almost a year later, Dele approaches Emma Djan, who has finally started to settle in as the only female PI at her agency. To solve Lady Araba’s murder, Emma must not only go on an undercover mission that dredges up trauma from her past, but navigate a long list of suspects with strong motives. Emma quickly discovers that they are all willing to lie for each other—and that one may still be willing to kill. “Set in the lavish Trasacco Valley—the Beverly Hills of Accra, Ghana—the second in a series by Quartey, a Ghanaian-American retired physician based in Pasadena, skewers class, wealth, political maneuvering and corruption.”—Los Angeles Times

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 Andrew on April 16, 2021

Review originally published on mysteryandsuspense.com Lady Araba is a successful fashion designer who lives and works in Accra, a city on the Gulf of Guinea and the capital of Ghana. It’s a big day as it’s the launch her latest fashion show but her assistant is in a panic as she’s failed to appear, o......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on January 26, 2021

In the second book in this series, female investigator Emma Djan delves into the murder of fashion designer Araba Tahoe ten months after the crime has occurred.The police in Accra, Ghana have arrested Araba’s driver and he has been languishing in jail. Araba’s Aunt Dele does not believe that the dri......more

Goodreads review by Skip on January 30, 2021

Lady Araba is a leading Ghanaian fashion designer, about to kick off a major show during which she planned to campaign against sex abuse in the industry. However, she is murdered in her bedroom in a secure, gated community the night before the show opens. Her aunt Dele refuses to believe that her dr......more

Goodreads review by Lois on October 21, 2024

This was fantastic. This series is a fun cross between cozy mystery and police procedural. I like that these start off like an episode of Law & Order with the crime. The book then introduces the subjects, the potential suspects, and eventually, the story is tied to Emma's detective agency. I started t......more

Goodreads review by MeMe on January 13, 2021

I was blown away and Quartey came and delivered. I really like how the story went from the past and present to me that’s what brought the story alive. I got to see what was going on from 10 months earlier to 10 months after. I also loved how I got to feel like I was solving the murder myself. I was......more