Shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Award for best historical crime novel, this is an engrossing murder mystery set in the Egypt of the 1900s, featuring the inimitable Mamur Zapt. Its 1909, and Cairo is the murder capital of the world. But the death of an effendi is something different. Effendis the Egyptian elite are important. Especially if they happen to be foreign. When effendi Tvardovsky is shot in Crocodilopolis, the ancient City of the Crocodiles, Mamur Zapt Chief of Cairos Secret Police is called in to investigate. But sometimes its best not to ask any questions. And there are powerful people who might prefer Tvardovsky dead

Binding: Paperback;190 pages; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; Classification: N/A; Weight: 294.63 g; Dimensions: N/A

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