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Darko Dawon, Chief Inspector in the Ghana police service, returns in this atmosphereic crime series often compared to Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels
Darko Dawson has just been promoted to Chief Inspector in the Ghana Police Service--the promotion even comes with a (rather modest) salary bump. But he doesn't have long to celebrate, because his new boss is transferring him from Accra, Ghana's capital, out to remote Obusai in the Ashanti region, an area now notorious for the illegal exploitation of its gold mines.
Worst of all, when Dawson arrives at the Obusai headquarters, he finds it in complete disarray. The office is a mess of uncatalogued evidence and cold case files, morale is low, and discipline among officers is lax. On only his second day on the job, the body of a Chinese mine owner is unearthed in his own gold quarry. As Dawson investigates the case, he quickly learns how dangerous it is to pursue justice in this...
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