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1	A Dead Man in Trieste more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist The author of the popular Mamur Zapt series shifts locale from colonial Egypt to the turbulence of pre-WWI Europe in this first historical mystery of a projected series. Multi-lingual British spy Sandor Seymour is assigned to Trieste to find out what happened to the now-vanished British consul. When the man's body turns up, Seymour must negotiate ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	A cold touch of ice more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist The latest novel in Michael Pearce's award-winning series, set in the Egypt of the 1900s. 'Irresistible fun' Time Out The world is changing around the Mamur Zapt, British Chief of Cairo's Secret Police. It's 1912 and there's a war on that no one's ever heard of. When an Italian man is murdered in the city's back streets, there is concern that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.27! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	A Dead Man in Istanbul more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist The Second Secretary of the Embassy in Istanbul has died in decidedly strange circumstances while attempting to swim the Dardanelles Straits, the passage between Europe and Asia, heavily used by warships, liners, and cargo vessels of all kinds. A romantic attempt to repeat the legendary feat of Leander, as the Embassy claims? Or was it an attempt ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.40! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Magical Parent, Magical Child: The Art of Joyful Parenting more books like this by Michael Mendizza, Joseph Chilton Pearce add to wishlist This book helps adults rediscover the playful, childlike genius of their own nature as they guide, learn from, and mentor children. Discovering and exploring this fresh creative energy transforms the adult, which results in radically different learning environments for children. The authors present unique parenting principles that enable parents ... see all copies from $9.35! new only from $10.75!
5	A Dead Man in Barcelona more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist Praise for the Dead Man series: "Picking up a new book by Michael Pearce reminds you why people enjoy reading mysteries."-"Denver Post" "The steady pace, atmospheric design, and detailed description re-create a complicated city. A recommended historical series."-"Library Journal" "Sheer fun."-"The Times" (London) "An unfailingly amusing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.67! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet, more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist Set in Cairo in 1908, this crime novel centres on Mamur Zapt, head of the British political CID, who tries to avert the possibility of a terrorist outrage at Cairo's principal festival, after the attempted assassination of a veteran politician. see all copies from $2.81! new only from $9.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Mamur Zapt & the Donkey-Vous more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist When a tourist is kidnapped from the terrace of a hotel in Edwardian Cairo, Captain Owen, "Mamur Zapt", head of Egypt's political CID is called in. It is in the donkey-vous, the base of Cairo's lowly donkey-boys, that Owen finds the answer, but not quite the one he expected. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Camel of Destruction: A Mamur Zapt Mystery more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist Cairo, 1910. Captain Owen, The Mamur Zapt, is the head of Egypt's Political CID in the heyday of British Rule. He is ultimately responsible for law and order in the Khedive's Cairo. When the rules, whether obvious or hidden, are flouted, he steps into action although it sometimes looks like he's merely stepped sideways, out of the way. Now it is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.53! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Mingrelian conspiracy more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist Cairo of 1908 lives by and in its cafes. Now, suddenly, Cairo's cafe culture is threatened by gangs in the protection business. But who is behind the gangs? Is it the usual political "clubs"? Or is it this time something more sinister: a conspiracy of Cairo's Mingrelians? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.81! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Dmitri and the one-legged lady more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist The second in the delightfully witty and diverting new crime series set in Tsarist Russia from the award-winning Michael Pearce. A dreamy province of Tsarist Russia. An ambitious young lawyer of Scottish-Russian descent anxious to make his way. And the One-Legged Lady goes missing. A nasty case of kidnapping? Not quite, for the One-Legged Lady is ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $15.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	The Point in the Market more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist Set in Egypt during World War I, this remarkable series is penned by a former Anglo-Egyptian civil servant who succeeds in bringing a vibrant, conflict-packed age to life in a manner that illuminates the situations the world faces today. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.18! \| first editions \| SVS
12	The Mark of the Pasha: A Mamur Zapt Mystery more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist Gareth Cadwallader Owen is the Mamur Zapt, the Head of the Khedives Secret Police. Learning of bomb threats, he must ensure the safety of an impending major European delegation. see all copies from $7.99! new only from $16.52! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Death of an Effendi: A Mamur Zapt Mystery more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist 'Irresistible fun' Time Out The latest novel in Michael Pearce's award-winning series, set in the Egypt of the 1900s. Cairo, 1909. The murder capital of the world, where deaths are two a piastre. But the death of an effendi? That is something different. Effendis -- the Egyptian elite -- are important. Especially if -- in a country ruled by ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $95.62! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Face in the Cemetery more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist Captain Gareth Owen, "Mamur Zapt" and Head of Cairo's Secret Police, is unhappily rounding up enemy aliens in Egypt, 1914. But nationality is a slippery thing in cosmopolitan Egypt. Who counts as German? And whose is the face in the cat cemetery? This is the 14th novel in the Mamur Zapt series. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.76! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	A Dead Man in Athens more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist Athens, 1913, is the capital of a country on the brink of war. The new prime minister, Venizelos, is tired of the Ottoman overlords, and has what he calls the Great Idea a vision of a new Greece which unites all the Greek people scattered around the Mediterranean. But this is not such a great idea, in view of other countries, like Britain, ... see all copies from $3.40! new only from $8.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Dmitri and the milk-drinkers more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist In 1890s Russia, a window of reform opens up in the Tsarist legal regime. Dimitri, a lawyer of Scottish-Russian descent, is just the man to jump through it. First though, there is some business in the courthouse to be got out of the way, because the officials have "lost" a beautiful young woman. see all copies from $9.94! new only from $25.98! \| first editions
17 view cover	The last cut more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist Everything in Egypt depends on the water of the Nile. So when an attempt is made to blow up a key regulator in the Cairo Barrage, Gareth Owen, the Mamur Zapt, chief of Cairo's secret police, is hurridly called in. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.56! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Mamur Zapt & the Men Behind more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist There is nothing new about terrorist bomb attacks, but when they occurred in Edwardian Cairo they became the concern of Captain Owen, the Mamur Zapt, moving between different worlds, different women, and devious characters before unmasking the culprits. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Snake Catcher's Daughter more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist The Mamur Zapt, Head of Cairo's Secret Police, finds himself in a compromising position, and not by accident either. It emerges that Cairo's senior policemen are the target of a smear campaign - a campaign which raises uncomfortable questions. see all copies from $2.18! new only from $8.87! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Fig Tree Murder more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist In colonial Egypt, a dead man is found lying on a new set of railroad tracks, close by a sacred fig tree. The only witness to the murder was a runaway ostrich. It's up to the head of Cairo's Secret Police, Gareth Owen, to sort through a multitude of possible suspects to find the killer. see all copies from $4.00! new only from $11.53! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Sporting Clays: Expert Techniques for Every Kind of Clays Course more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist Learn detailed shooting methods for all stations from champion shooters. Includes everything from singles, doubles, and minis to grouse and woodcock. see all copies from $2.69! new only from $16.49! \| first editions
22 view cover	Reagan and Public Discourse in America more books like this by Michael Weiler (Editor), Dr. W Barnett Pearce (Editor) add to wishlist "Reagan and Public Discourse" assesses the rhetorical legacy of the Reagan presidency. The essays in this collection focus on a variety of domestic and foreign policy controversies and identify a broad range of persuasive strategies and devices to reveal how Ronald Reagan both appropriated and transformed American public discourse in the 1980s. ... see all copies from $7.76! new only from $38.50! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Donkey-Vous: A Mamur Zapt Mystery more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist "Tourists are quite safe provided they don't do anything stupidly reckless," so Captain Owen, the Mamur Zapt, Head of Cairo's Political CID under British Rule, assures the press. But what of Monsieur Moulin, kidnapped from taking tea on the terrace at Shepheard's Hotel? How has Mr. Colthorpe Hartley also disappeared. No one has actually seen ... see all copies from $4.69! new only from $8.98! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Girl in the Nile more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist 1909 Egypt: Captain Gareth Owen, Head of the Cairo Secret Police, has to ask, "Where's the body?" The girl, perhaps a woman of ill repute, was lost overboard, and later glimpsed lying on a sand bank in the Nile. Then she vanished. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| SVS
25 view cover	The Men Behind more books like this by Michael Pearce add to wishlist While riding home to lunch on his donkey, Fairclough of Customs is rudely unseated by shots fired from behind. The incident is the first of a series of attacks aimed at public officials. Even Captain Gareth Owen, the Mamur Zapt, British head of Cairo's Secret Police, barely escapes. see all copies from $3.74! new only from $9.01! \| SVS

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