Kwei Quartey
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Kwei Quartey is a crime fiction writer and retired physician based in Pasadena, California. Quartey was born in Ghana, West Africa, to a Ghanaian father and a black American mother, both of whom were lecturers at the University of Ghana. His novel Wife of the Gods made the Los Angeles Times bestseller list in 2009. The following year, the National Book Club voted him Best Male Author. He has two mystery series set in Ghana: the Detective Inspector Darko Dawson investigations and the Emma Djan investigations.
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"The Ending is Not Always the End ..." a Q&A with Soho Crime author Kwei Quartey
Jul 13, 2018 – Soho Press
Kwei Quartey's Books
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Murder at Cape Three Points
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Gold of Our Fathers
Kwei Quartey
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Death by His Grace
Kwei Quartey
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The Missing American
Kwei Quartey
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Sleep Well, My Lady
Kwei Quartey
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Last Seen in Lapaz
Kwei Quartey
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The Whitewashed Tombs
Kwei Quartey
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Kwei Quartey's Book Series
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The Emma Djan Investigations
Kwei Quartey
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