Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey

Author:Kwei Quartey
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery & Detective - General, Mystery, Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective, American Mystery & Suspense Fiction, Ethnic American Novel And Short Story, Fiction, Fiction - General, Literary, General, Suspense, Crime, Cultural Heritage
ISBN: 9780812979367
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2010-09-15T07:00:00+00:00

The wedding celebration was in full swing. Adzima sat smiling and swigging down schnapps as he watched young women performing the Agbadza dance. Dawson waited by one of the huts as Fiti went up to him and shouted in his ear above the din. Looking annoyed, Adzima rose from his seat and followed Fiti to where Dawson stood.

“Inspector, I am very busy,” Adzima said.

“It won’t take long,” Fiti replied.

“Togbe Adzima,” Dawson said, “as part of the investigation into Gladys Mensah’s murder, I’m informing you that we will be searching your house.”

Adzima drew back. “Never.”

“I’m not asking you,” Dawson said evenly. “I’m telling you.”

Adzima was livid. Schnapps and gin had loosened his tongue. He unleashed a tirade while Fiti tried in vain to placate him, but Dawson, who had no patience for this kind of inebriated nonsense, turned and walked in the direction of Adzima’s house. Technically he should have obtained a warrant from the district magistrate, but Dawson needed to search the house now, not later, and quite frankly he didn’t care about the rules where this odious fetish priest was concerned.

As Fiti followed Dawson, Adzima trailed them with an unsteady gait and slurred speech. When they reached the priest’s house, he stopped for a moment with arms akimbo and said in English, “I don’t care, you moddafockas. Go and search it. I don’t know what you’re looking for, but you won’t find it.”

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