{"product_id":"the-missing-american-9781641292122","title":"The Missing American","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2021 Edgar Nominee for Best Novel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccra private investigator Emma Djan's first missing persons case will lead her to the darkest depths of the email scams and fetish priests in Ghana, the world's Internet capital. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When her dreams of rising through the Accra police ranks like her late father crash around her, 26-year-old Emma Djan is unsure what will become of her career. Through a sympathetic former colleague, Emma gets an interview with a private detective agency that takes on cases of missing persons, theft, and infidelity. It's not the future she imagined, but it's her best option. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, Gordon Tilson, a middle-aged widower in Washington, DC, has found solace in an online community after his wife's passing. Through the support group, he's even met a young Ghanaian widow he's come to care about. When her sister gets into a car accident, he sends her thousands of dollars to cover the hospital bill--to the horror of his only son, Derek. Then Gordon decides to surprise his new love by paying her a visit--and disappears. Fearing for his father's life, Derek follows him across the world to Ghana, Internet capital of the world, where he and Emma will find themselves deep in a world of sakawa scams, fetish priests, and those willing to kill to protect their secrets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKwei Quartey \u003c\/b\u003eis 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 \u003ci\u003eWife of the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e made the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Soho Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50567659356434,"sku":"9781641292122","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_85fe3a69-e11b-43ed-93b3-0e54a1ceefbf.jpg?v=1731925143","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-missing-american-9781641292122","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}