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kweiquartey
- Mar 23
- 4 min
The Food In My Novels: Part Two
In my last post, we saw some Ghanaian dishes that show up in my novels. But wait, there's more! There was too much to include in one...
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Kwei Quartey
- Jul 16, 2020
- 1 min
Get Ready For Sleep Well, My Lady–Coming 2021
Sleep Well, My Lady Sleep Well, My Lady (January 2021) In Sleep Well, My Lady, Emma Djan, Private Investigator, returns for another round...
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Kwei Quartey
- Apr 28, 2020
- 2 min
COVID CRIMES
Covid Crimes Crime in the US during the COVID-19 has followed a not altogether clear path. The general headline has been that crime rates...
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Kwei Quartey
- Apr 14, 2020
- 4 min
A NEW TWIST TO MEDICINE AND WRITING IN THE COVID-19 ERA
Medicine and Writing in the COVID-19 era The COVID-19 pandemic has turned life upside down in so many ways it’s difficult to quantify....
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Kwei Quartey
- Nov 12, 2019
- 6 min
AFRICAN CRIME FICTION
AFRICAN CRIME FICTION Magic and murder in African crime fiction African crime fiction can offer more than its counterpart from elsewhere...
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Kwei Quartey
- May 9, 2019
- 5 min
AFRICAN FICTION, WESTERN READERS
AFRICAN FICTION, WESTERN READERS African fiction, western readers? Why is that a question? The sad irony of African writers in the...
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Kwei Quartey
- Jul 23, 2018
- 4 min
RESEARCHING YOUR NOVEL
In my novel writing, my aim is not only to entertain but also to render as authentic an experience as possible to the reader, especially...
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Kwei Quartey
- Jul 4, 2017
- 1 min
A DEATH IN THE FAMILY
This is the 5th novel in Michael Stanley’s Detective Kubu series set in Botswana, one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s most promising nations....
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Kwei Quartey
- Jun 14, 2017
- 4 min
RELIGION, MARRIAGE, AND MURDER (IN GHANA)
On Tuesday August 29, 2017, my fifth Detective Chief Inspector Darko Dawson novel will go on sale. It’s called DEATH BY HIS GRACE, and...
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Kwei Quartey
- Mar 4, 2017
- 1 min
THE WAIT IS OVER
At last, today the trailer for DEATH BY HIS GRACE makes its debut. DBHG is the 5th novel in the Inspector Darko Dawson series, and in...
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Kwei Quartey
- Mar 2, 2017
- 1 min
DEATH BY HIS GRACE–THE VIDEO
On or around Saturday, March 4, 2017, the trailer for the fifth Inspector Darko novel, DEATH BY HIS GRACE, will premiere. It will hint at...
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Kwei Quartey
- Feb 22, 2017
- 2 min
GOD, MARRIAGE, & MURDER: A deadly trinity
For a few years now, Ghana has topped many lists of the most religious countries in the world with 96% of West African nation’s...
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Kwei Quartey
- Sep 25, 2016
- 2 min
SUNSHINE NOIR
You all know about Nordic Noir, right? It’s a tradition of realistic crime fiction written in a cold, often gray, snowy setting. A group...
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Kwei Quartey
- Apr 22, 2015
- 3 min
CRIME FICTION WORLD TOUR: G is for GHANA
Ghana is located on the coast of West Africa. Its southernmost tip, Cape Three Points, is closest to zero than any other world land mass...
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