The Bride Box: A Mystery Series Set in Egypt at the Start of the 20th Century

The gift of a traditional Bride Box leads Mamur Zapt into a complex and intriuging investigation Cairo, 1912. The Pasha receives an unexpected gift: a traditional Bride Box. When opened, however, the box contains an unwelcome jolt from the past . . . At the same time, a little girl is discovered riding under a train from Luxor - and the Mamur Zapt, Head of the Khedive's Secret Police, is called in to investigate. He soon finds himself confronting a political storm as the end of British rule approaches and his investigations uncover a tangled web of family loyalties and betrayals, with its roots in a slave trade long supposed to have been stamped out in Egypt.

Author: Michael Pearce
Publisher: Severn House
Published: 08/01/2013
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.77w x 0.83d
ISBN: 9780727883032

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/08/2013
Booklist 07/01/2013 pg. 34
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2013
Library Journal 09/01/2013 pg. 94

About the Author
Pearce, Michael: - Michael Pearce grew up in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. He returned there later to teach and retains a human rights interest in the area. He now lives in south-west London and is the author of the highly-acclaimed Mamur Zapt historical mystery series as well as the Seymour of Special Branch police procedural series.

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