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Mamur Zapt volume 16
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The Great War has ended and Gareth Cadwallader Owen, who has spent his career defusing political time bombs, learns from his agents, some Greek and some Egyptian, that the streets of Cairo have been made dangerous by threats of real bombs. The first order of business is to ward them off. The second is to insure the safety of an impending major European delegation to the capital. What does it all have to do with Owen's shiny new motor car?
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"Atbara, Sudan, 1913. A dead man is fished out of the River Nile. An accident or something more sinister? A visiting Pasha from the Royal Household believes it was murder and that he himself was the intended target. He insists that the Mamur Zapt, Head of the Khedives Secret Police, escorts him on his return train journey to Cairo, for protection. It's to be an eventful voyage"--Dust jacket flap.
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The gift of a traditional Bride Box leads Mamur Zapt into a complex and intriuging investigation. Cairo, 1912. The Pasha receives an unexpected gift: a traditional Bride Box. When opened, however, the box contains an unwelcome jolt from the past... At the same time, a little girl is discovered riding under a train from Luxor-and the Mamur Zapt, Head of the Khedive's Secret Police, is called in to investigate. He soon finds himself confronting a political...
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The kidnapping of an innocent schoolgirl throws a glaring light on the tensions and injustices of pre-War Egyptian society in this absorbing historical mystery.
Cairo, Egypt, 1913. When schoolgirl Marie Kewfik is kidnapped, snatched away as she strolled through the bustling bazaars of the Souk, the Khedive insists that the Mamur Zapt, Head of the Secret Police, takes charge of the negotiations for her safe return. The Kewfiks are one of the...
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"A lovingly detailed portrait of Egypt during the Great War. The result is a bit like a police procedural reimagined by Douglas Adams" Kirkus Reviews on The Bride Box Atbara, Sudan, 1913. A dead man is fished out of the River Nile. An accident – or something more sinister? A visiting Pasha from the Royal Household believes it was murder – and that he himself was the intended target. He insists that the Mamur Zapt, Head of the Khedive's Secret...
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When a Frenchman vanishes during the bustling afternoon tea on the terrace at Shepheard's Hotel, Police Captain Owen can scarcely believe the gentleman has been kidnapped. There must be dozens of witnesses, but they remain as silent as the Sahara sands. Someone, Owen thinks, is silencing witnesses-someone who is concealing a dangerous conspiracy.
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An uneasy sensation ripples through Cairo when scores of frightened citizens claim that strange, shadowy figures have begun following them, pursuing them through the jostling streets and winding alleys. Peculiar, thinks Owen-his agents can find no traces of these mysterious stalkers. Just who are the elusive "men behind?"
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