Acknowledgments

I am greatly indebted to friend and private investigator Yahya Azure in Accra, Ghana, for helping me research the sakawa phenomenon, a core aspect of this novel. He worked diligently to set up meetings with traditional priests and sakawa boys. In that regard, many thanks to Mallam Salisu Raji and Musah Yahya for their assistance.

Randy Torgerson, PI, in Los Angeles, generously shared his experiences with cases he investigated while in Ghana.

Finally, to my terrific editors at Soho Press—Juliet Grames and Rachel Kowal—and to Ben LeRoy, who stood in for Juliet while she was away: thanks for your guidance and collaboration in bringing to life a brand new African female detective.