The Face in the Cemetery (A Mamur Zapt mystery)

`Probably the best in a consistently entertaining series ... Pearce makes serious comedy out of living history. His touch remains light; his dialogue effervescent. His characters, though, have acquired painful substance. The fresco that he assembles kicks like a chorus line; but this time with feeling' Philip Oakes, Literary Review

Acclaim for Michael Pearce and the Mamur Zapt novels:

`For contrast and sheer entertainment, Michael Pearce's A Cold Touch of Ice is one of the best in his Mamur Zapt series... As always, his characters and the city itself are full of life and the dialogue... is excellent. Highly recommended' Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph

`Pearce takes apart ancient history and reassembles it with beguiling wit and colour' John Coleman, Sunday Times

`Marvellously convoluted... Dryly and deeply funny'
Philip Oakes, Literary Review

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.