The Witch Doctor’s Wife by Tamar Myers.
Did you like Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible? M.C. Smith’s No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Dinesen’s Out of Africa, or the film Blood Diamond? Then this is a book for you.
A wonderful mystery writer, Myers takes us on an excursion to the Belgian Congo for a spellbinding tale of greed, duty, and danger. The heroine, Amanda Brown, follows her missionary calling and travels to the Congo in 1958. She suffers from culture shock, encounters a plethora of competing missionaries, and must suffer overbearing European overseers who are bleeding the country of its diamonds.
Amanda is captivated by the lives of the Belle Vue villagers. She becomes involved in the dangerous plight of the local witch doctor, whose name is Their Death, and his two wives, one of whom has discovered an enormous uncut diamond. The unlooked for windfall sets in motion a series of events that threaten to destroy the lives of those Amanda has come to love. Even murder is on the horizon.
Myers writes with such warmth and humor. She provides rich descriptions of the environments, and she is a master at building suspense. Her characters are delightful and entirely believable. I fell in love with the Congo and with this book! I think you will, too!
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Posted: March 26, 2026 by J Flaugher
The Witch Doctor’s Wife by Tamar Myers.
Did you like Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible? M.C. Smith’s No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Dinesen’s Out of Africa, or the film Blood Diamond? Then this is a book for you.
A wonderful mystery writer, Myers takes us on an excursion to the Belgian Congo for a spellbinding tale of greed, duty, and danger. The heroine, Amanda Brown, follows her missionary calling and travels to the Congo in 1958. She suffers from culture shock, encounters a plethora of competing missionaries, and must suffer overbearing European overseers who are bleeding the country of its diamonds.
Amanda is captivated by the lives of the Belle Vue villagers. She becomes involved in the dangerous plight of the local witch doctor, whose name is Their Death, and his two wives, one of whom has discovered an enormous uncut diamond. The unlooked for windfall sets in motion a series of events that threaten to destroy the lives of those Amanda has come to love. Even murder is on the horizon.
Myers writes with such warmth and humor. She provides rich descriptions of the environments, and she is a master at building suspense. Her characters are delightful and entirely believable. I fell in love with the Congo and with this book! I think you will, too!
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