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Susanita
The Missing American | Kwei Quartey
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Last week I was discombobulated by the time change and didn‘t have a #hyggehourreadathon at all. This week it‘s dark and windy, but the promised rain hasn‘t materialized.

We just had corned beef and cabbage, and I‘m settled in with the tagged book. It‘s for book club tomorrow.

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Texreader
The Missing American | Kwei Quartey
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I read a number of 5-star books in January, including all 3 books in this series at the time (I‘ve since read the 4th book that was published this year), which were all 5-stars. So I‘ll give the top January book to the first in the series. So good. #12booksof2024 @Andrew65

Andrew65 Sounds an excellent series. 3mo
Texreader @Andrew65 It is so good! 3mo
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The Missing American | Kwei Quartey
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Texreader
The Missing American | Kwei Quartey
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#tlt #threeforthursday Thanks @Read4life for the tag!

1) Emma Djan from the tagged series
2) Precious from the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency
3) Steele from the Glass and Steele series

Some marvelous ladies!!

Bookwormjillk I forgot about Precious. She‘s so good. 14mo
Read4life You‘re welcome! 14mo
dabbe I forgot #2, too! #s 1 and 3 are now on my TBR. Thanks for playing! ❤️💜🩷 14mo
AlaMich Definitely Precious!! 14mo
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Texreader
The Missing American | Kwei Quartey
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In #Ghana, getting an education doesn‘t promise a successful life but being a sakawa boy does. They answer to fetish priests who bestow magical powers on the sakawa boys in return for ghoulish tasks they perform for the priests. Sakawa boys run sophisticated internet scams on Americans. In this story, an American falls in love with a realistic woman, gives her money for an emergency, and travels to meet her. When he learns she doesn‘t exist he ⬇️

Texreader begins investigating and then goes missing. New private detective Emma Djan is on the case, finds him, and then gets dragged into the sakawa world and police corruption. Excellent mystery, exceptional story, eloquently written. Highly recommended. #foodandlit @Catsandbooks 1y
Crazeedi Sounds really good 1y
ChasingOm I read this last year and loved it! I have the next in the series too for when I‘m in the mood for a detective novel. 😄 1y
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Texreader @ChasingOm I‘ve started book 2 and so far it‘s interesting (edited) 1y
Texreader @Crazeedi Really good. 1y
Catsandbooks 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🇬🇭 1y
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Texreader
The Missing American | Kwei Quartey
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I just finished this book and HOLY SMOKES is it ever good!! I‘ll have to think on how to write the review of such a complex murder mystery set in #Ghana, but I‘m pretty sure I‘ll line up to read every book in this series. Fortunately there are two more books at this point. And there‘s another detective series about Inspector Darko Dawson also set in Ghana by the same author.

Review to come.

#foodandlit @Catsandbooks

Hooked_on_books I really liked this one, too! I read it for Ghana for the Africa challenge a couple years ago and it made me want to keep going with the series. (I haven‘t yet, but I will!) 1y
Catsandbooks Ooo great to hear! 🇬🇭 1y
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Texreader
The Missing American | Kwei Quartey
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It always feels appropriate when a #foodandlit book that‘s not about food still mentions food. I looked up kenkey. It‘s made from fermented white corn. #Ghana @Catsandbooks

https://www.196flavors.com/ghana-kenkey/

TheBookHippie Oh fun! 1y
Catsandbooks ❤️🇬🇭 1y
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Texreader
The Missing American | Kwei Quartey
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I arrived early for my 3 pm massage. Nothing like a little self-care.

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Texreader
The Missing American | Kwei Quartey
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This is my Friday night party

#Ghana #foodandlit @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Librarybelle Looks like a cozy Friday night! 1y
Leftcoastzen 😁😻 1y
TheBookgeekFrau Perfect!! 1y
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CatLass007 Your kitty is precious. Three of mine are blocking my way to the bathroom as I read. 😹 1y
dabbe 🖤💜🖤 1y
MissyD Looks perfect to me. That‘s my normal night party. Last night was a hockey game on tv. And reading during in the intermissions. 1y
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Texreader
The Missing American | Kwei Quartey
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My nightly hot chocolate and my book. The book is really really good! The mug is from the Library of Congress, a gift to my husband in 1998 when I clerked at a law firm in DC.

#Ghana #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

Amiable I have that same Jefferson quote hanging in my home library ❤️ 1y
Texreader @Amiable Yes it‘s so accurate 1y
marleed Well that‘s cool! 1y
Catsandbooks So sweet! ☕️ 1y
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