Publication

1996-01-22 - HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

Word Count

100,000 words, Guess

Page Count

400 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100006479855
  • ISBN-139780006479857
  • LibraryThing7976402
  • Open LibraryOL7259154M

Description

Benin, West Africa. Englishman Bruce Medway operates as a 'fixer' for traders along the part of the coast they used to call the White Man's Grave. It's a tough existence, but Medway can handle it... until he crosses the formidable Madame Severnou. Warned off by his client, Jack Obuasi, his energies are redirected into the search for missing expat Steven Kershaw. Kershaw, though, is a man of mystery: trader, artist, womanizer... and sado-masochist.Against background rumblings of political disturbance, in the face of official corruption, egged on by an enigmatic policeman, Medway pursues his elusive quarry across West Africa. Is Kershaw tied to Obuasi's and Madame Severnou's shady dealings? Is he a vicious murderer? Is he, indeed, alive or dead?

First Sentence

There were a few worse places to be in the world than outside warehouse 2 in Cotonou Port, but I couldn't think of them.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Instruments of DarknessHarperCollins Publishers Ltd1996-01-22

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