Michael Pearce: Death of an Effendi

Cover: 9780008259341 | Death of an Effendi | A Mamur Zapt Mystery | Michael Pearce | Buch

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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.

Zusammenfassung

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.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Genre:	Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780008259341
ISBN-10:	0008259348
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	171293
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Pearce, Michael
Hersteller:	HarperCollins HarperCollins UK
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	CORA Verlag, in Verlagsgruppe HarperCollins Deutschland GmbH, Valentinskamp 24, D-20354 Hamburg, vertrieb@harpercollins.de
Maße:	198 x 129 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Michael Pearce
Erscheinungsdatum:	07.09.2017
Gewicht:	0,14 kg