Michael Pearce

The Snake-Catcher's Daughter (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this engrossing murder mystery set in the Egypt of the 1900s, the Mamur Zapt finds himself under threat from a campaign to discredit Cairo's senior policemen.

Cairo in the 1900s. The Mamur Zapt, Head of Cairo's secret police, finds himself in a compromising position. The city's senior policemen are the subject of a smear campaign, a stinging attack which raises uncomfortable questions about their integrity.

The Mamur Zapt himself is suspected, but is he above suspicion? Owen's investigation takes him into hitherto uncharted territory: the underworld of Cairo and the dangerous profession of snake-catching...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780007485055
• Artikelnr.: 49088773

Autorenporträt

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.