‘Sheer fun’ The Times
‘Irresistible fun’ Time Out
‘The Mamur Zapt’s sly, irreverent humour continues to refresh the parts others seldom reach’ Observer
Enjoyable ... original and charming’ Independent
Winner of the CWA Last Laugh Award, an irresistible historical mystery in which the Mamur Zapt investigates the illegal trade of antiquities in the Cairo of the 1900s.
Cairo, 1908. The Mamur Zapt, Captain Gareth Owen, British head of Cairo’s secret police, turns his attention to the illegal trade of antiquities when Miss Skinner arrives. She’s a woman with the habit of asking awkward questions. But what is she doing looking for crocodiles? And mummified ones at that?
Owen’s new brief is to see that Egypt’s priceless treasures stay in Egypt. But when Miss Skinner narrowly escapes falling under a conveyance, Owen must labour to thwart killers and face an even graver problem: whether to ask the Pasha's lovely daughter to marry him....
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Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condición: Very Good ++. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Historical crime novel. Jacket photo by Joe Partridge. BOOK: Binding is sound; red boards are clean, gilt titles are bright & without loss; mild wear to spine ends; remainder star on bottom page edges; no ink names, stamps etc.; very mild spots of foxing to endpapers & across the edges of the text-block. JACKET: Intact, with price. Edgewear & some flaking; 2.5cm x 1.5cm "V" shaped tear on spine head, with associated crease, repaired & reinforced with clear tape; 5mm tear on rear panel top edge; several internal water stains & associated foxing, with some showthrough on the white rear panel. Scan on request. Nº de ref. del artículo: 013559
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Librería: Lyon's Den Mystery Books & More, Rock Hill, SC, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: THE USUAL SUSPECTS, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. The sixth mystery of the Mamur Zapt. A FINE book in NEAR FINE( price-clipped; trace of rubbing) jacket. **See our new cheaper postal rates to the USA and abroad.**. Nº de ref. del artículo: JD3022
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Librería: Marnie Taylor Books & Antiques, NIAGARA ON THE LAKE, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First. first edition mystery, first printing, featuring the Mamur Zapt, the head of the British secret service in colonial Egypt pre World War I, fine in near fine dustjacket, price-clipped else fine, in protective mylar cover, not remaindered, not ex-libris. Nº de ref. del artículo: 003337
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Librería: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Joe Partridge Ilustrador. 1st Edition. First printing of the first British edition, preceding the American edition. Signed by Michael Pearce directly on the title-page. Book and dust jacket in fine condition. Signed by Author(s). Nº de ref. del artículo: 023339
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