Bits of Other People

When Lagos impressionist painter Deji Depiver meets Sade - a mesmerizing singer with a voice that stirs his dormant creativity - he feels his life finally shifting back into color. But when Sade is found murdered in a church - of all places, his fragile revival collapses, pulling him into a darkness deeper than the one he escaped.Grief-stricken and desperate for answers, Deji becomes an amatuer slueth and investigates the people who knew Sade best. Her shocking death pulls him into a web of secrets, tangled motives and half¿truths. With the help of his steadfast mother Maami, his jobless but loyal friend Somto, and the ever¿gossiping Mrs. Banjo, Deji pushes deeper into shadows that surround.Just as the clues begin to align, a ghost from Deji's past returns - reopening wounds he thought had healed and complicating the search for the truth.As he digs deeper, he discovers - not love, not family, not truth - is what it seems, forcing Deji to face the mysteries surrounding Sade and the ones buried in his own family.

Pages: 282, Hardcover, Urban Publishing Club