The Missing American by Kwei QuarteyRead about another entry on the list.
The first in the four-book “Emma Djan Investigation” series, Emma Djan has resigned herself to a life as a private investigator. She’s lucky for it, since she was kicked off the police force, and she got the PI role from a former cop. Her first case involves a middle-aged widower from the US who has gone missing. He had been corresponding with a Ghanaian widow who asked for monetary help after an accident. Not only does he give her the money, but he also travels to Ghana to find his new love, and then goes missing. Can Emma find the lost American and potentially bring the scammers to justice?
The Missing American is among Femi Kayode's four top crime novels set in Africa.
--Marshal Zeringue