The Mamur Zapt and the Girl in the Nile

Michael-pearce

ISBN 10: 0002323680 / ISBN 13: 9780002323680

Published by Collins Crime, 1992

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1st edition/1st printing.

Seller Inventory # mon0002977583

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Mamur Zapt and the Girl in the Nile
• Publisher: Collins Crime
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0002323680
• ISBN 13: 9780002323680
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket.

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Synopsis

A classic historical mystery from award-winning Michael Pearce, in which the body of a young woman washes up in the Nile and the Mamur Zapt is drawn into the seedy world of Egyptian politics.

Egypt, 1908. A young woman has drowned in the Nile, her body washed up on a sandbar. Apparently she had fallen off a boat. Owen, as Mamur Zapt, Britsh head of Cairo’s secret police, deems it a potential crime.

But when the poor girl’s body suddenly vanishes from its resting place, Owen begins a puzzling search for the truth that will take him from Cairo’s sophisticated cafes through its dingiest slums – and into the seething waters of Egyptian politics.

About the Author

Michael Pearce was raised in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, where his fascination for language began. He later trained as a Russian interpreter but moved away from languages to follow an academic career, first as a lecturer in English and the History of Ideas, and then as an administrator. Michael Pearce now lives in London and is best known as the author of the award-winning Mamur Zapt books.