Was Garvin, Commandant of the Cairo Police, really trying to get to the bottom of allegations of corruption in the police, or merely indulging in ambitious power games?  And what about his eccentric deputy, McPhee - is he finally going round the bend? And what of the Mamur Zapt himself: suspected, but is he above suspicion?  His girlfriend, Zeinab, is not the only one who would like to know.  The Mamur Zapt's attempts to answer these questions take him into uncharted territory: the underworld of Cairo's female rites; the arcane profession of one of Egypt's traditional crafts - snake-catching.

The Snake Catcher's Daughter

MICHAEL PEARCE

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

London: Harper Collins

Dmitri and the One-Legged Lady (Collins crime)

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

HARPER/COLLINS

Dmitri and the Milk Drinkers

The latest in Michael Pearce's charming, award-winning series set in Edwardian Egypt. Cairo, 1909. The murder capital of the world, where deaths are two a piastre. But the death of an effendi? That is something different. Because effendis - the Egyptian élite - are important. Especially if - in a country ruled by foreigners - they happen to be foreign. When Tvardovsky, an effendi and a foreigner, is shot at a gathering of financiers, Gareth Owen - the Mamur Zapt, Chief of Cairo's Secret Police - is called in to investigate. But is he the right man for the job? 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 any questions. And there are powerful people who might have preferred Tvardovsky dead. As the maverick financier said, before going on the fatal 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 cooperating, said Tvardovsky, that you really have to watch out.

Death of an Effendi (A Mamur Zapt Mystery)

Mystery

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

Taste of the Kansas Outdoors

Wichita Eagle and Beacon Publishing Co.

A tourist is kidnapped from the terrace of Shepheard's Hotel. Captain Owen, as head of Egypt's Political CID in the heyday of British rule, is responsible for getting him back. Luckily the donkey-vous beneath the terrace yielded some clues.

Mamur Zapt

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Linford (Large Print)

Death of an Effendi

ISIS Publishing

Isis Publishing Ltd

The Face in the Cemetery

Chivers Audio Books

The Mamur Zapt and the Men Behind Audio Book

History

Middle East

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