The Snake-Catchers Daughter (Mamur Zapt, Book 8)

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In this engrossing murder mystery set in the Egypt of the 1900s, the Mamur Zapt finds himself under threat from a campaign to discredit Cairos senior policemen.
Cairo in the 1900s. The Mamur Zapt, Head of Cairo's secret police, finds himself in a compromising position. The citys senior policemen are the subject of a smear campaign, a stinging attack which raises uncomfortable questions about their integrity.

The Mamur Zapt himself is suspected, but is he above suspicion Owens investigation takes him into hitherto uncharted territory: the underworld of Cairo and the dangerous profession of snake-catching

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Diverting, droll and original Positively oxygenated with charm Literary Review

Pearce takes apart ancient history and reassembles it with beguiling wit and colour Sunday Times

This series continues to be the most delightful in current detective fiction Scotsman

Irresistible fun Time Out

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Michael Pearce grew up in the (then) Anglo-Egyptian Sudan among the various tensions he draws on for his award-winning Mamur Zapt series. He returned there to teach, and retains a human rights interest in the area. In between whiles his career has followed the standard academic rakes progress from teaching to writing to editing to administration. He finds international politics a pallid imitation of academic ones. He lives in London. He is now a full-time writer. He was awarded the Crime Writers Associations prestigious Last Laugh Award for funniest crime novel of the year for the Mamur Zapt and the Spoils of Egypt. Michael Pearce is also the author of the crime novels featuring Dmitri Kameron, set in Tsarist Russia of the 1890s.