Leye Adenle est un écrivain nigérian célébré pour ses nouvelles et ses œuvres de fiction brève. Sa lignée littéraire est remarquable, issue d'une famille riche en talents d'écrivains, dont son grand-père, Oba Adeleye Adenle I. Le travail d'Adenle explore souvent la vie nigériane contemporaine, abordant des thèmes tels que la migration, les disparités sociales et la quête d'identité dans un monde globalisé. Son style narratif se caractérise par un rythme captivant et une exploration perspicace de la psychologie humaine et des relations complexes.
Easy Motion Tourist is a compelling crime novel set in contemporary Lagos. It features Guy Collins, a British hack who stumbles by chance into the murky underworld of the city. A modern thriller featuring a strong female protagonist, prepared to take on the Nigerian criminal world on her own.
What would happen if God went on holiday? Drawing on age-old African storytelling traditions, modern science-fiction and contemporary thriller writing, award-winning Nigerian author Leye Adenle (Easy Motion Tourist, When Trouble Sleeps) conjures up an entirely new way of seeing the world. The central character, Osaretin, thinks he is just a modest IT guy living in Lagos -- but it turns out he is much, much more than that ... A delightful, playful, thoughtful adventure in speculative fiction by one of Nigeria's most exciting new writers
The third book in the Amaka Thrillers series. Funke's assignation with her pastor lover is cut short when he is assassinated in their hotel room, as she hides naked and terrified inside a sofa. Desperate for help, she calls on Amaka, who has moved to London. One frantic phone call later and Amaka is headed back to Lagos, where she is thrust into a world of private jets, money-laundering and mega-churches. With the trustworthy Police Inspector Ibrahim out of the country, Amaka has to use all the resources at her disposal, with the hostile Inspector Musa breathing down her neck, and a ticking clock bearing down on her, as she works to rescue Funke and get to the bottom of this tangled web of missing money, dead pastors and corrupt government officials.