Deadly Design

"Fantastic...this is the good stuff!" - Ray Anyasi

"Could easily be your best read of the year." - African Arts Journal

Amara Okoye arrived in Abuja with a portfolio full of dreams and a heart under lock and key. But in the city's sweltering heat and torrential downpours, the independence she craves is rotting from the inside out. While Amara navigates the cutthroat world of freelance design, a domestic war simmers in her own apartment. Her roommate Milicent, fuelled by a toxic envy, orchestrates a campaign of psychological sabotage, tampering with career-making documents and poisoning their social circle with calculated lies.

Desperate for a sanctuary, Amara is drawn into the orbit of Daniel Bako, a man whose charm is as polished as a high-end showroom. But Daniel is a master of a different craft: the art of the con. As their romance deepens, Amara becomes a pawn in a lethal game of murder and pursuit. From the bustling stalls of Wuse to an abandoned project site off the Kubwa expressway, Amara must finally heed the warnings she's ignored. In a city where trust is a liability, her fight for a career has become a desperate race to outrun a killer.