| The Bride Box First World Pub Edition Contributor(s): Pearce, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0727883038 ISBN-13: 9780727883032 Publisher: Severn House OUR PRICE: $31.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Mamur Zapt Mysteries (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.77" W x 8.6" (0.87 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 storm as the end of British rule approaches and his investigations uncover a tangled web of family loyalties and betrayals, with its roots in a slave trade long supposed to have been stamped out in Egypt. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pearce, Michael: - Michael Pearce grew up in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. He returned there later to teach and retains a human rights interest in the area. He now lives in south-west London and is the author of the highly-acclaimed Mamur Zapt historical mystery series as well as the Seymour of Special Branch police procedural series. |