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Beschreibung

Shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Award for best historical crime novel, this is an engrossing murder mystery set in the Egypt of the 1900s, featuring the inimitable Mamur Zapt.

It's 1909, and Cairo is the murder capital of the world. But the death of an effendi is something different. Effendis - the Egyptian elite - are important. Especially if they happen to be foreign.

When effendi Tvardovsky is shot in Crocodilopolis, the ancient City of the Crocodiles, Mamur Zapt - Chief of Cairo's Secret Police - is called in to investigate. But sometimes it's best not to ask any questions. And there are powerful people who might prefer Tvardovsky dead...

Shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Award for best historical crime novel, this is an engrossing murder mystery set in the Egypt of the 1900s, featuring the inimitable Mamur Zapt.

It's 1909, and Cairo is the murder capital of the world. But the death of an effendi is something different. Effendis - the Egyptian elite - are important. Especially if they happen to be foreign.

When effendi Tvardovsky is shot in Crocodilopolis, the ancient City of the Crocodiles, Mamur Zapt - Chief of Cairo's Secret Police - is called in to investigate. But sometimes it's best not to ask any questions. And there are powerful people who might prefer Tvardovsky dead...

Über den Autor
Michael Pearce
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Importe, Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780008259341
ISBN-10: 0008259348
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Pearce, Michael
Hersteller: HarperCollins
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: CORA Verlag, in Verlagsgruppe HarperCollins Deutschland GmbH, Valentinskamp 24, D-20354 Hamburg, vertrieb@harpercollins.de
Maße: 198 x 128 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Michael Pearce
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.09.2017
Gewicht: 0,146 kg
Artikel-ID: 109242186