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Death of an Effendi

#12 in series

by Michael Pearce
Nigel Carrington
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Cairo in 1909 is the murder capital of the world. Gareth Owen, aka the Mamur Zapt, Chief of the city's Secret Police, investigates a surprising death: one of the Effendi—the Egyptian elite—is shot at a gathering of financiers. Powerful people may have wanted him killed. Is the Mamur Zapt next?

Cairo in 1909 is the murder capital of the world. But the death of an Effendi? Effendis—the Egyptian elite—are important. When Tvardovsky, an effendi and a foreigner, is shot at a gathering of financiers, Gareth Owen, aka the Mamur Zapt, Chief of Cairo's Secret Police, is called in to investigate. But is he the right man for the job? There are powerful people who might have preferred Tvardovsky dead.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Mamur Zapt

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    February 1, 2011

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792775119
      • File size: 149591 KB
      • Duration: 05:11:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Gareth Owen, the Chief of Cairo's Secret Police (whose position is also known as the "Mamur Zapt"), is called on to investigate the death of a Russian financier--one of the elite of Cairo, who, at this time (1909) are referred to as "effendi." He soon finds that there are many possible motives for this "accidental" shooting to have been murder. Nigel Carrington's narration employs not only a precise British accent, but also believably creates the voices of local Egyptians and foreigners from Russia and elsewhere. While his timing, phrasing, and emotional shading cannot be faulted, he cannot overcome the book's failure to involve the listener in a setting that is very foreign to most Western listeners. This is ultimately an uninvolving production. M.A.M. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 1, 2004
      Set in Cairo in 1909, Michael Pearce's Death of an Effendi: A Mamur Zapt Mystery, the 12th in this well-received historical series, finds Gareth Owen, the head of the secret police force tasked with maintaining political calm, entering the murky world of the Egyptian Russian community after the seemingly accidental fatal shooting of a Russian financier. Though the whodunit's resolution doesn't measure up to the intriguing opening, the author's trademark wit and humor are as much in evidence as ever.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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