The Face in the Cemetery: A Mamur Zapt Mystery - Couverture souple

Pearce, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1590582969 ISBN 13 : 9781590582961

Editeur : Poisoned Pen Press, 2006

Synopsis

Egypt, 1914. The outbreak of war in Europe casts ripples even in Cairo. Gareth Owen, Mamur Zapt and Head of the Khedive's Secret Police, is given the task of rounding up enemy aliens. But determining who counts as a German proves contentious.

And then there's the face in the cemetery. Who disturbed the mummified remains of cats by placing a human corpse among them? Is the villagers' talk of a mysterious Cat Woman mere superstitious nonsense, or something rather sinister?

Owen has more pressing concerns in the shape of missing rifles and dubious gun-toting ghaffirs or watchmen. But the face in the cemetery refuses to go away, and Owen comes to realize that it poses questions that are not just professional but uncomfortably personal.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michael Pearce grew up in the (then) Anglo-Egyptian Sudan among the political and other tensions he draws on for his books. He returned there later to teach and retains a human rights interest in the area. His career has followed the standard academic rake's progress from teaching to writing to administration. He finds international politics a pallid imitation of academic ones.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Poisoned Pen Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1590582969
• ISBN 13: 9781590582961
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible