"A lovingly detailed portrait of Egypt during the Great War. The result is a bit like a police procedural reimagined by Douglas Adams" Kirkus Reviews on The Bride Box
Atbara, Sudan, 1913. A dead man is fished out of the River Nile. An accident - or something more sinister? A visiting Pasha from the Royal Household believes it was murder - and that he himself was the intended target. He insists that the Mamur Zapt, Head of the Khedive's Secret Police, escorts him on his return train journey to Cairo, for protection. It's to be an eventful voyage. Matters take an unexpected turn when the train is stranded in the desert following a sandstorm. With the help of English schoolboy Jamie Nicholson, the Mamur Zapt pursues his investigations, convinced that at least one of his fellow passengers has a secret to hide. And what was the Pasha really doing in that remote corner of the Sudan? Could the Mamur Zapt's deepest fears be true? Could he really be about to uncover a conspiracy against the British?
Author: Michael Pearce
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Published: 03/01/2015
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.90h x 4.30w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780727884633
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2015
Publishers Weekly 01/26/2015
Booklist 02/01/2015 pg. 27
Atbara, Sudan, 1913. A dead man is fished out of the River Nile. An accident - or something more sinister? A visiting Pasha from the Royal Household believes it was murder - and that he himself was the intended target. He insists that the Mamur Zapt, Head of the Khedive's Secret Police, escorts him on his return train journey to Cairo, for protection. It's to be an eventful voyage. Matters take an unexpected turn when the train is stranded in the desert following a sandstorm. With the help of English schoolboy Jamie Nicholson, the Mamur Zapt pursues his investigations, convinced that at least one of his fellow passengers has a secret to hide. And what was the Pasha really doing in that remote corner of the Sudan? Could the Mamur Zapt's deepest fears be true? Could he really be about to uncover a conspiracy against the British?
Author: Michael Pearce
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Published: 03/01/2015
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.90h x 4.30w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780727884633
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2015
Publishers Weekly 01/26/2015
Booklist 02/01/2015 pg. 27