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Mamur Zapt - The Mamur Zapt and the Camel of Destruction (Mamur Zapt, Book 7)

By Michael Pearce
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In this classic mystery from the award-winning Michael Pearce, a powerful politician is murdered in Cairo in the 1900s and the Mamur Zapt is called in to investigate

Cairo, 1910. The end of the boom and everyone seems to have money troubles. Then one day a civil servant dies at his desk. Was it pressure of work or something nastier? The whiff of corruption is in the air, with even Gareth Owen, the Mamur Zapt, under suspicion…

Owen’s investigation takes him to the heart of a sinister organization. But will he be up to taking them on? And will he be in time to stop the Camel of Destruction running through the city?

Author: Michael Pearce
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 07 Sep 2017
Pages: 194
ISBN: 978-0-00-825932-7
Price: £9.99 (Export Price) , £9.99
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.

Praise for Michael Pearce: -

”'Remarkable” - Daily Telegraph

”'Highly recommended” - Sunday Telegraph

”'Splendid … wittily rich … a born novelist” - Sunday Times

”'Enjoyable … original and charming” - Independent