The Camel of Destruction (Mamur Zapt Mysteries, 7)

Michael Pearce

ISBN 10: 1590580249 / ISBN 13: 9781590580240

Published by Poisoned Pen Press August 2002, 2002

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First edition by number code. Dust jacket is protected by mylar.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Camel of Destruction (Mamur Zapt Mysteries, 7)
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press August 2002
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590580249
• ISBN 13: 9781590580240
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Printing: First Edition
• Condition: Collectible-Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery

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Synopsis

Cairo, 1910. Captain Owen, The Mamur Zapt, is the head of Egypt's Political CID in the heyday of British Rule. He is ultimately responsible for law and order in the Khedive's Cairo. When the rules, whether obvious or hidden, are flouted, he steps into action - although it sometimes looks like he's merely stepped sideways, out of the way.

Now it is the end of the boom, leaving banks beleaguered and borrowers in trouble whether the poorest land-working fellahin or the richest land-owning Pashas. Then a civil servant suspiciously dies at his desk. The whiff of corruption is in the air. Even Owen, who is supposed to be investigating the affair, appears to be living beyond his means. As he turns to such unlikely allies as the Grand Mufti, the local barber, and the Widow Shawquat, he penetrates to the heart of such sinister organizations as the Khedive's Agricultural Society. The rich are tricky, and money speaks louder than words, challenging Owen to use all his skills to stop the Camel of Destruction....

About the Author

Michael Pearce grew up in the (then) Anglo-Egyptian Sudan among the political and other tensions he draws on for his books. He returned there later to teach and retains a human rights interest in the area. In between whiles his career has followed the standard academic rake s progress from teaching to writing to administration. He finds international politics a pallid imitation of academic ones.