The Mamur Zapt & the Return of the Carpet
โ Scribed by Pearce, Michael Tinker
- Book ID
- 109943720
- Publisher
- Poisoned Pen Press, Inc.
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 118 KB
- Series
- Mamur Zapt 1
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781464208744
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
The Mamur Zapt, head of Cairo's CID in the heyday of (the indirect) British rule, focused on political, not police, matters. With the bustling new century, the loosening of imperial ties, and the rise of nationalism, his was a busy office. The attempted assassination of a veteran politician raises the spectre of a major terrorist statement at the capital's principal religious festival where the faithful celebrate the Return of the Holy Carpet from Mecca.Easily navigating multiple nationalities, three principal languages, and four competing legal systems, not to mention the intricacies of shadow and actual governments, Captain Owen, the Welsh incumbent, bolsters the Mamur Zapt's office with the aid of a host of memorable characters.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Set in 1908 Cairo, this colorful mystery debut vividly portrays life in the polyglot, multicultural city ostensibly ruled by a nearly bankrupt Khedive but actually governed by the British. Captain Gareth Owen, the Mamur Zapt (head of the secret police), investigates the attempted murder of prominent