The Mamur Zapt and the Camel of Destruction

The Mamur Zapt and the Camel of Destruction

by Michael Pearce (Author)

Synopsis

Cairo, 1910. The end of the boom and everyone seems to have money troubles. Then one day a civil servant dies at his desk. Was it pressure of work or something nastier? The whiff of corruption is in the air, with even Gareth Owen, the Mamur Zapt, under suspicion...

Owen's investigation takes him to the heart of a sinister organization. But will he be up to taking them on? And will he be in time to stop the Camel of Destruction running through the city?

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Publisher: Collins Crime
Published: 18 Nov 1993

ISBN 10: 0002324873
ISBN 13: 9780002324878

Author Bio

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.