Chapters (109)
- Part One
- ONE
- One day earlier
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
- SIX
- SEVEN
- EIGHT
- NINE
- TEN
- ELEVEN
- TWELVE
- THIRTEEN
- FOURTEEN
- FIFTEEN
- SIXTEEN
- SEVENTEEN
- EIGHTEEN
- NINETEEN
- TWENTY
- TWENTY-ONE
- TWENTY-TWO
- PART TWO
- TWENTY-THREE
- TWENTY-FOUR
- TWENTY-FIVE
- TWENTY-SIX
- TWENTY-SEVEN
- TWENTY-EIGHT
- TWENTY-NINE
- THIRTY
- THIRTY-ONE
- THIRTY-TWO
- THIRTY-THREE
- THIRTY-FOUR
- THIRTY-FIVE
- THIRTY-SIX
- THIRTY-SEVEN
- THIRTY-EIGHT
- THIRTY-NINE
- FORTY
- FORTY-ONE
- FORTY-TWO
- FORTY-THREE
- FORTY-FOUR
- FORTY-FIVE
- FORTY-SIX
- FORTY-SEVEN
- FORTY-EIGHT
- FORTY-NINE
- FIFTY
- FIFTY-ONE
- FIFTY-TWO
- FIFTY-THREE
- FIFTY-FOUR
- FIFTY-FIVE
- FIFTY-SIX
- FIFTY-SEVEN
- FIFTY-EIGHT
- FIFTY-NINE
- SIXTY
- SIXTY-ONE
- SIXTY-TWO
- SIXTY-THREE
- SIXTY-FOUR
- SIXTY-FIVE
- SIXTY-SIX
- SIXTY-SEVEN
- SIXTY-EIGHT
- SIXTY-NINE
- SEVENTY
- SEVENTY-ONE
- SEVENTY-TWO
- SEVENTY-THREE
- SEVENTY-FOUR
- SEVENTY-FIVE
- SEVENTY-SIX
- SEVENTY-SEVEN
- SEVENTY-EIGHT
- SEVENTY-NINE
- EIGHTY
- EIGHTY-ONE
- EIGHTY-TWO
- EIGHTY-THREE
- EIGHTY-FOUR
- EIGHTY-FIVE
- EIGHTY-SIX
- EIGHTY-SEVEN
- EIGHTY-EIGHT
- EIGHTY-NINE
- NINETY
- NINETY-ONE
- NINETY-TWO
- NINETY-THREE
- NINETY-FOUR
- NINETY-FIVE
- NINETY-SIX
- NINETY-SEVEN
- NINETY-EIGHT
- NINETY-NINE
- GLOSSARY
- Acknowledgments
- Continue reading
- Part One
- ONE
- TWO
- THREE
Courage spotted Dazz and called out. “Ei, chaley! How be?” They gave each other a man hug.
“What!” Dazz said, “you dey buy flat screen? Heh!”
Courage laughed with glee, showing every one of his teeth. “Oh, chaley, yeah. Dis no be just flat, oo, i’be smart too!”
They guffawed and slapped palms.
“Wow, congrats!” Dazz said. “When you go ‘vite me your crib watch am small?”
“Oh, anytime, chaley, dis Saturday se’f. No, Sunday be better. Saturday, I get date with Emma.”
Dazz put his hand to his open mouth in mock astonishment. “Already! Ei, you no dey waste time, koraa!”
More laughter, but Dazz added, “But treat her well, okay? Emma, she’s not a loose woman at all, so don’t be trying to bed her, okay? You’ll disgrace yourself.”
“Never you worry. I’m a gentleman.”
“For sure,” Dazz said, clapping his colleague on the shoulder.
“Okay, boss, make I go now for house to install the TV.”
“No problem. You dey work tomorrow?”
“Yeah.”
“Cool. Tomorrow, then.”
Dazz was smiling as Courage departed, but he couldn’t deny that he felt a twinge of envy over that 52-inch.
FORTY-SEVEN
FORTY-SEVEN
Before Emma returned to Accra, her last call was the Akosombo Police Station, where Labram introduced Emma to the station commander. Inspector Bawa, a short man in his late forties.
“You are welcome, madam,” he said to Emma, smiling. “Mr. Labram and I have known each other for years.”
“Bawa, Emma is from Yemo Sowah’s detective agency in Accra,” Labram said. “They are investigating the disappearance of the American man.”
“Good, good,” Bawa said with enthusiasm. “I wish you all the very best of luck. It’s a big mystery. I’m sorry but I don’t have any new information to give you. I wish I did.”
“Thank you, inspector,” Emma said. “We went to alert the fishermen in case they see anything.”
“Good idea. I hope your efforts are fruitful. Please, if you need any assistance, let me or Mr. Labram know and we will try to help.”
Labram dropped Emma off at the junction and she waded through the madness to find the right tro-tro back to the Accra station. From there she went directly back to work and to Sowah’s office.
“Welcome back,” he said. “Have a seat and tell me about the trip.”
Emma told him about the meeting with Zacharia. “I think he’s a solid man and he has promised to search around the riverbanks and other areas. I trust he will be alert to anything resembling a corpse and let us know. We also paid a visit to the Akosombo Police Station and talked to Inspector Bawa there.”
“Nice job, Emma.”
“Thank you, sir. And how is your foot now?”
“Much better, thanks. My doctor gave me some medicine for it.”