Death of an Effendi

von Michael Pearce

190 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Award for best historical crime novel, this is an engrossing murder mystery set in the Egypt of the 1900s, featuring the inimitable Mamur Zapt.It's 1909, and Cairo is the murder capital of the world. But the death of an effendi is something different. Effendis - the Egyptian elite - are important. Especially if they happen to be foreign.When effendi Tvardovsky is shot in Crocodilopolis, the ancient City of the Crocodiles, Mamur Zapt - Chief of Cairo's Secret Police - is called in to investigate. But sometimes it's best not to ask any questions. And there are powerful people who might prefer Tvardovsky dead...

• Reihe: HarperCollins
• ISBN: 9780008259341
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.09.2017
• Größe: 198 x 128 mm
• Verlag: HarperCollins