A Cold Touch of Ice (Paperback, New Ed)

The protagonist of Pearce's ingenious Mamur Zapt mysteries is Gareth Owen, a Welsh captain serving in Edwardian Cairo, whose Welshness grants him an anti-establishment sympathy with the natives. Here a heated political discussion is followed by a brutal murder with Owen obliged to balance the demands of justice and political expediency. We have observed Owen's inner struggles before, but they are handled in this latest book with a sharply observed and satisfying skill, set against a colourful new cast of characters. (Kirkus UK)

The world is changing aroung the Mamur Zapt, British Chief of Cairo's Secret Police. It's 1912 and there's a war on that no one's heard of. When an Italian man is murdered in the city's back streets, there is concern that this could be some kind of ethnic cleansing. "One of us" Morelli may have been, but was he "one of us" enough? And were the guns in his warehouse anything to do with it? Gareth Owen -- the Mamur Zapt -- has to find out fast.
And then, as external pressures crowd in, there are other difficult questions. What is Trudi von Ramsberg really doing in Cairo? Not to mention that other noted traveller, Gertrude Bell, or the irritating little archaeologist, T. E. Lawrence? And why has the post of Khedive's Librarian suddenly become so important?
Owen is just the man to solve these problems. He is less successful, though, in his relationship with Zeinab, especially now that she's approaching thirty.
As Cromer's Egypt gives way to Kitchener's Egypt, Morelli is not the only one who has problems over where his allegiance lies. Maybe the solution is for Owen to go to Zanzibar...

General

Imprint:	HarperCollinsPublishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2001
Authors:	Michael Pearce
Dimensions:	178 x 111 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Mass Market
Pages:	224
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-00-651472-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > General
LSN:	0-00-651472-3
Barcode:	9780006514725

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