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.
| ISBN: | 9780008259396 |
| Publication date: | 7th September 2017 |
| Author: | Michael Pearce |
| Publisher: | HarperCollinsPublishers an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 400 pages |
| Series: | A Mamur Zapt Mystery |
| Genres: |
Classic crime and mystery fiction Narrative theme: Politics Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages Historical crime and mysteries Crime and mystery: police procedural Historical Fiction |