Leye Adenle Bücher

Lagos, Nigeria. Vor einem Club in der Nähe eines der größten Hotels auf Victoria Island wird der verstümmelte Körper einer Frau gefunden. Die Polizei nimmt Guy Collins fest, einen ahnungslosen britischen Journalisten, der als Wahlbeobachter in Nigeria ist, und nur zufällig am Tatort. Zu seiner Überraschung wird er von einer fremden Frau namens Amaka aus dem Gefängnis gerettet. Wer ist sie? Welches Interesse hat sie an dem Journalisten? Gemeinsam können Amaka und Guy schließlich dem Mörder der jungen Frau auf die Spur und tauchen dabei immer tiefer ein in die skrupellose Welt der Reichen und Mächtigen der Lagunenstadt.

What would happen if God went on holiday? Drawing on age-old African storytelling traditions, modern science-fiction and contemporary thriller writing, award-winning Nigerian author Leye Adenle (Easy Motion Tourist, When Trouble Sleeps) conjures up an entirely new way of seeing the world. The central character, Osaretin, thinks he is just a modest IT guy living in Lagos -- but it turns out he is much, much more than that ... A delightful, playful, thoughtful adventure in speculative fiction by one of Nigeria's most exciting new writers

The third book in the Amaka Thrillers series. Funke's assignation with her pastor lover is cut short when he is assassinated in their hotel room, as she hides naked and terrified inside a sofa. Desperate for help, she calls on Amaka, who has moved to London. One frantic phone call later and Amaka is headed back to Lagos, where she is thrust into a world of private jets, money-laundering and mega-churches. With the trustworthy Police Inspector Ibrahim out of the country, Amaka has to use all the resources at her disposal, with the hostile Inspector Musa breathing down her neck, and a ticking clock bearing down on her, as she works to rescue Funke and get to the bottom of this tangled web of missing money, dead pastors and corrupt government officials.