Amanda Brown (4 books in series)

The Witch Doctor's Wife with Bonus Material (2012)
language
English
author
3.53 of 5 Votes: 2
review 1: This book was ... strange. First, the description on the back cover of my edition did not anywhere closely resemble what happened in the book - and two of the statements were false! It doesn't matter but I found it so odd. I really liked the characters & the beginning of th...
The Witch Doctor's Wife (2009)
language
English
author
3.53 of 5 Votes: 3
review 1: Thoroughly enjoyed this book which I picked up on a whim from the library. I haven't read anything else by this author who has written two cozy mystery series. Myers was raised in the Belgian Congo and it is apparent that she holds the place & people close to her heart. She in...
The Headhunter's Daughter: A Mystery (2011)
language
English
author
3.43 of 5 Votes: 2
review 1: Lively, engaging, and full of surprises. This is a wonderful new series set in the Belgian Congo during the 1940s. Amanda Brown travels into the jungle to find a young white girl abandoned as a baby. The infant was discovered by a remote tribe and has been raised to the age of...
The Boy Who Stole the Leopard's Spots (2012)
language
English
author
3.34 of 5 Votes: 4
review 1: This is the third of Tamar Myers Africa books. Since she grew up there, she knows what she's writing about and it definitely shows. This story rambles between times from 1935 to 1958. The characters are natives (especially Cripple, the devout heathen), the American Protestant mis...