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The Whitewashed Tombs

The Whitewashed Tombs

Quartey, Kwei

Hardcover

Series: An Emma Djan Investigation

Mystery & ThrillerGeneral FictionGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction

Publisher Price: $27.95

ISBN10: 1641295880
ISBN13: 9781641295888
Publisher: Soho Crime
Published: Sep 3 2024
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
Vicious hate crimes are rocking the LGBTQ] community in Accra, and prejudice and politics threaten to stymie PI Emma Djan's investigation.

Author Kwei Quartey tackles a real-life--and deeply personal--issue as an anti-gay bill threatens to tear Ghana apart.

Marcelo Tetteh, a twenty-seven-year-old LGBTQ+ activist, is butchered one night after being lured on a dating app to a deserted building site. With rampant homophobia in Ghana, Marcelo's wealthy father doesn't trust the Ghana Police Service to find the killer, so he goes to the Sowah Private Investigators Agency for help, partly because he still feels guilty for disowning his son when he came out.

PI Emma Djan is assigned the case but quickly learns of a complication that prevents her from teaming up as usual with Jojo, her trusted colleague. Emma is the only one at work who knows Jojo is gay, and now he reveals something else: for some time, Jojo was dating Marcelo, the victim.

Working with Manu, whom she's never gotten along with, Emma goes undercover in the International Congress of Families, a powerful organization seeking to criminalize homosexuality in African countries. As Emma infiltrates the ICF, she uncovers a web of deceit and hypocrisy and discovers that the mastermind behind the murders is someone much closer than she ever imagined. Emma must race against time to unmask the killer, protect the vulnerable LGBTQ+ community, and bring justice to the victims, all while navigating the dangerous waters of politics, power, and personal secrets.

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