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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, show more 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.... show lessTags
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Good tight plot, nice setting, ok characters,could do with more action, or humor. Will try another I. The series
The fifth Book in the series this is another enjoyable, relaxing vacation read.
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Michael Pearce lives in London and is the author of fourteen Mamur Zapt novels, including The Mamur Zapt and the Spoils of Egypt, for which he was awarded the Crime Writers' Association's prestigious Last Laugh Award. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title
- The Mamur Zapt and the Girl in the Nile
- Alternate titles
- The Girl in the Nile
- Original publication date
- 1992-01-06
- People/Characters
- Gareth Owen; Prince Narouz
- Important places
- Cairo, Egypt; Luxor, Egypt
- Original language
- English
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- Popularity
- 414,491
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.64)
- Languages
- English, French
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 12
- ASINs
- 4
