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THE GIRL IN THE NILE
A MAMUR ZAPT MYSTERY |
| By: |
Michael Pearce |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
1590580532 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781590580530 |
| Publisher: |
POISONED PEN PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2003 |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Description: |
1909 Egypt: Captain Gareth Owen, Head of the Cairo Secret Police, has to ask, "Where's the body?" The girl, perhaps a woman of ill repute, was lost overboard, and later glimpsed lying on a sand bank in the Nile. Then she vanished. |
| Synopsis: |
1909 Egypt. It's easy to go adrift in the complex political currents swirling through a country that has long been "advised" by the British after the mess it made of its finances, but now swelling with nationalism. And you can't discount the self-interest of the Khedive, the Royal Family, and of the country's pashas. Nevertheless, Captain Gareth Owen, Head of the Cairo Secret Police, has to ask, "Where's the body?" The girl, perhaps a woman of ill repute but one definitely lost overboard, had been glimpsed lying on a sandbank in the Nile. Then she vanished. Why had Prince Narouz hired the dahabeeyah? Surely not just to cruise to Luxor--the man has no interest in antiquities. And why was Miss Sekhmet on the boat anyway? Was it for the Prince's pleasure, or to embarrass him? Under heavy pressure from politicos and his own mistress, the strong-minded Zeinab, Owen steers a difficult course after a murderer.... |
| Illustrations: |
1:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Perfect Bound on Creme |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Poisoned Pen Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |