This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
A THOMAS DUNNE BOOK FOR MINOTAUR BOOKS.
AN IMPRINT OF ST. MARTIN’S PUBLISHING GROUP.
STRANGE GODS. Copyright © 2014 by Annamaria Alfieri. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Cover design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein
Cover photographs: Africa © Andrzej Kubik / Shutterstock.com; man © Chris Gordaneer / Gallerystock
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Alfieri, Annamaria.
Strange gods: a mystery / Annamaria Alfieri.—First edition.
pages cm
“A Thomas Dunne book for Minotaur Books.”
ISBN 978-1-250-03971-2 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-250-03972-9 (e-book)
1. Women missionaries—Fiction. 2. Police—Fiction. 3. Murder—Investigation—Fiction. 4. Ethnic relations—Fiction. 5. Race relations—Fiction. 6. Africa, East—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3601.L3597S77 2014
813'.6—dc23
2014008321
eISBN 9781250039729
First Edition: June 2014