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Easy Motion Tourist
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Melki
Aug 16, 2023 rated it liked it
". . . the girls are prostitutes and the killers are powerful men. The media won't get involved because they're afraid of these men. The police won't investigate this murder, or the girls who disappear daily. Why? Because they are too afraid of the big men who pay them to keep the peace and the so-called black magic they use the girls for."

This one started out very strong, with the first three-quarters of the book being a good, well-paced thriller with interesting characters. I enjoyed the Lagos
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Joe Nicholl
May 13, 2020 rated it it was ok
Easy Motion Tourist (2016) by Leye Adenle is a first novel by the author. It's not a bad book it just could have been better. What EMT needs is a firm edit! One-third of the book could have been removed and you would have never missed it...being a 1st novel I blame this lack of editing on the publisher not the author. The plot line starts off strong...In Lagos, Guy, a white man from London gets pegged by the police out of a crowd at the scene a murdered prostitute...and Guy's path of noir begins ...more
G.
Oct 02, 2018 marked it as to-read
Dave
Feb 13, 2019 marked it as to-read
Geoff Smith
Dec 29, 2019 rated it it was ok
Shelves: crime, novels, gave-up
Joshster142
Aug 29, 2021 marked it as to-read
Shelves: fiction-to-read
Aniruddh Sudharshan
Jul 21, 2022 marked it as to-read
Paul
Jul 02, 2023 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: mystery-thriller