Death of an Effendi - Hardcover

Pearce, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 000232685X ISBN 13: 9780002326858

Publisher: Collins Crime, 1999

Synopsis

Shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Award for best historical crime novel, this is an engrossing murder mystery set in the Egypt of the 1900s, featuring the inimitable Mamur Zapt.

Cairo, 1909. The murder capital of the world, where deaths are two a piastre. But the death of an effendi? That is something different. Effendis – the Egyptian elite – are important. Especially if – in a country ruled by foreigners – they happen to be foreign. Gareth Owen, the Mamur Zapt, is called in to investigate. But is he the right man to be investigating? In some countries, if someone goes for a walk – or a boat ride – with the Head of the Secret Police and doesn’t come back, it’s best not to ask questions. And powerful people might have preferred Tvardovsky dead. As the maverick financier said, before going on the shooting party, there were still crocodiles in Egypt. Of all kinds. And perhaps the place to look for them was Crocodilopolis, the ancient City of the Crocodiles, where the financiers were to hold their meeting. It is when the crocodiles start co-operating, said Tvardovsky, that you really have to watch out...

About this title

Product Description:

Ex library. Cairo - murder capital of the world. A mamur Zapt mystery. A very nice copy.

Review:

Praise for Michael Pearce:

‘Pearce takes apart ancient history and reassembles it with beguiling wit and colour’ Sunday Times

‘Marvellously convoluted... Dryly and deeply funny’ Literary Review

‘The beguiling Mamur Zapt sleuths around turn-of-the-century Cairo with verve and panache’ Time Out

‘Impeccable historical details ... enjoyable reading’ Sunday Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins Crime
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 000232685X
• ISBN 13: 9780002326858
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192