Michael Pearce

Death of an Effendi (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Cairo 1909. The murder capital of the world, where deaths are two a piastre. But the death of an effendi is something different. Because effendis - the Egyptian elite - are important. Especially if - in a country ruled by foreigners - they happen to be foreign.

When Tvardovsky, effendi and foreigner, is shot at a gathering of financiers, 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 out 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 Tvardovsky said, there were still crocodiles in Egypt. Of all kinds. And perhaps the place to look for them was Crocodopolis, where the financiers were to hold their meeting. It is when the crocodiles start co-operating, he said, that you really have to watch out...

'The beguiling Mamur Zapt sleuths around turn - of-the-century Cairo with verve and panache'
MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI, 'Time Out'

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780007400485
• Artikelnr.: 49114090

Autorenporträt

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.