

Murder at Cape Three Points
Author: Kwei Quartey
Narrator: Dominic Hoffman
Unabridged: 10 hr 14 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 03/18/2014
Author: Kwei Quartey
Narrator: Dominic Hoffman
Unabridged: 10 hr 14 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 03/18/2014
Kwei Quartey is a crime-fiction writer and retired physician based in Pasadena, California. 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. He 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.
Dominic Hoffman, winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards for narration, has been named an AudioFile Golden Voice. He is a Los Angeles–based actor of stage, screen, and television. He has appeared in such television shows as The Shield, NYPD Blue, and The Jamie Foxx Show. He attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art as well as the American Conservatory Theater.
his is my 2nd Darko Dawson mystery. The first was the first, Wife of the Gods. I read the hard copy for that one and enjoyed the writing as well although I thought the author could improve his craft overtime. I think he has with this one although as at least one other reviewer indicated it could hav......more
“Quartey’s mastery of the art of misdirection serves him well in his third mystery featuring Accra, Ghana, homicide detective Darko Dawson…A complex plot, combined with a warts-and-all lead and an evocative portrayal of the author’s native country, add up to a winner.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Fans of Alexander McCall Smith’s No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series will enjoy the African setting and the large cast of interesting characters, while the twists and turns of Quartey’s plotting will satisfy any choosy mystery fan.” Library Journal
“In Ghana, Accra DI Darko Dawson’s third case—the murder of an oil executive and his equally prominent wife—is his biggest and most ambitious yet…Quartey lays out what feel like endless possibilities with exemplary patience and clarity, unveiling world beneath world in Dawson’s Ghana.” Kirkus Reviews