Children of the Street Paperback by Kwei Quartey

Product Details

• Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (2011-07-12)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 352 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780812981674
• Item Weight: 294.84 grams
• Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.75 cm

In the slums of Accra, Ghana’s fast-moving, cosmopolitan capital, teenagers are turning up dead. Inspector Darko Dawson has seen many crimes, but this latest string of murders—in which all the young victims bear a chilling signature—is the most unsettling of his career. Are these heinous acts a form of ritual killing or the work of a lone, cold-blooded monster? With time running out, Dawson embarks on a harrowing journey through the city’s underbelly and confronts the brutal world of the urban poor, where street children are forced to fight for their very survival—and a cunning killer seems just out of reach.

About the Author

Kwei Quartey was raised in Ghana by an African American mother and a Ghanaian father, both of whom were university lecturers. Dr. Quartey practices medicine in Southern California, rising early in the morning to write before going to work.