Program Type:
Book ClubAge Group:
CDBG Seniors- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will close on October 21, 2026 @ 4:00pm.
- This event uses combined registration. If you register for this event, you will also be registering for all other occurrences.
- You must contact a staff member to register for this event.
- A library card is required to register for this event.
Program Description
Event Details
In-person registration required. Interactive Program via Zoom with volunteer moderator John Spera and Library staff.
Hosted the third Wednesday of the month. Course and supplies are supported by funding from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). Per CDBG guidelines, CDBG programs are only open to Lighthouse Point residents ages 62 and over. In-person enrollment and registration at the Library is required.
The Missing American by Lindsay Kwei Quartey
A 2021 Edgar Nominee for Best Novel
Accra private investigator Emma Djan's first missing persons case will lead her to the darkest depths of the email scams and fetish priests in Ghana, the world's Internet capital.
When her dreams of rising through the Accra police ranks like her late father crash around her, 26-year-old Emma Djan is unsure what will become of her career. Through a sympathetic former colleague, Emma gets an interview with a private detective agency that takes on cases of missing persons, theft, and infidelity. It’s not the future she imagined, but it’s her best option.
Meanwhile, Gordon Tilson, a middle-aged widower in Washington, DC, has found solace in an online community after his wife’s passing. Through the support group, he’s even met a young Ghanaian widow he’s come to care about. When her sister gets into a car accident, he sends her thousands of dollars to cover the hospital bill—to the horror of his only son, Derek. Then Gordon decides to surprise his new love by paying her a visit—and disappears. Fearing for his father’s life, Derek follows him across the world to Ghana, Internet capital of the world, where he and Emma will find themselves deep in a world of sakawa scams, fetish priests, and those willing to kill to protect their secrets.
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