112. The Camel of Destruction by Michael Pearce (Historical Mystery) 189 p.
An instalment in Michael Pearce’s Mamur Zapt series. Pearce depicts 1910 Cairo with humour and historical accuracy. Edwardian Cairo is a labyrinth of old streets, new construction projects, competing (and confusing) legal systems, and disparate political interests. The man in charge of the British political department (i.e. the Chief Spy) is the Mamur Zapt, Captain Gareth Owen. Owen finds himself tangled in a murder case with both political and economic complications—and runs into some economic complications of his own.
Pearce’s Egyptian mysteries are always intriguing and funny, and this one is no exception.
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