The Mark of the Pasha - Michael Pearce

Category: Historical Fiction, Mystery
Language: English
Keywords: Edwardian Mystery Egypt Espionage Mamur Zapt

Written by Michael Pearce
Read by Bill Wallis
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

The Mark of the Pasha
A Mamur Zapt Mystery
By: Michael Pearce
Narrated by: Bill Wallis
Series: Mamur Zapt, Book 16
Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 15-05-2009
Language: English
Publisher: Audible Studios

Gareth Cadwallader Owen is the Mamur Zapt, the Head of the Khedive’s Secret Police. However, unlike his British colleagues, Owen works for the Khedive. It’s not a comfortable perch, as agitation for political and social restructuring grows. Furthermore, Owen is married to a pasha’s daughter, Zeinab, herself straddling a cultural divide.
The Khedive has declared a procession. He’s going to drive around Cairo with his ministers. Owen, who has spent his career defusing political time bombs, learns from his agents that the streets have been made dangerous by threats of real bombs.

The first order of business is to ward them off. The second is to ensure the safety of an impending major European delegation to the capital…

©2008 Michael Pearce (P)2014 Audible, Inc.