The Mingrelian Conspiracy - Hardcover

Michael Pearce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0708937411 ISBN 13: 9780708937419

Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

Cairo of 1908 lives by and in its cafes. Now, suddenly, Cairo's cafe culture is threatened by gangs in the protection business. The task falls to Gareth Owen, the Mamur Zapt and head of the secret police, to find out who is behind this threat to Cairo.

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About the Author:

Pearce was raised in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. As an adult, he trained as a Russian interpreter during the Cold War, and subsequently became involved with Amnesty International.

His first novel, The Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet, was published in 1988. That was the start of a "Mamur Zapt" series of mysteries.

He has also published a number of "A Dead Man in..." mysteries, set in the period preceding World War 1 and featuring Sandor Seymour, an officer of Scotland Yard's Special Branch who is sent by the British Foreign Office to deal with various crimes involving members of the British diplomatic service. These mysteries are notable for their attention to period detail and setting.

His 1992 The Mamur Zapt and the Spoils of Egypt won the Crime Writers' Association's Last Laugh Award for funniest crime novel, and his 1999 Death of an Effendi was shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Award for best historical crime novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0708937411
• ISBN 13: 9780708937419
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368