Mamur Zapt - The Snake-Catcher’s Daughter (Mamur Zapt, Book 8)

By Michael Pearce

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…

Format: ebook
Release Date: 05 Oct 2017
Pages: None
ISBN: 978-0-00-748505-5
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.

”'Diverting, droll and original … Positively oxygenated with charm” - Literary Review

”'Pearce takes apart ancient history and reassembles it with beguiling wit and colour” - Sunday Times

”'This series continues to be the most delightful in current detective fiction” - Scotsman

”'Irresistible fun” - Time Out