The Fig Tree Murder: A Mamur Zapt Mystery
by Michael Pearce | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1590580680 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1590580680 Global Overview for this book
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"Michael Pearce's tenth irresistable adventure for Colonial Egypt's the Mamur Zapt is fresh, funny and 'Still as fertile as your favourite oasis.' Inevitably, as the tide of Nationalism sweeps the British Protectorate towards the realities of the dawning Twentieth Century, New Egypt is eroding the ways of the Old. But, as Gareth Owen, head of Cairo's Secret Police well knows, 'The Old Egypt had a habit of rising up every so often and giving the New a mighty kick in the teeth.'
It's called the Tree of the Virgin. It's a sycamore, actually, not the English sort but the Egyptian, a species of fig. The tree is a site of religious interest, said to be a spot where the Virgin Mary hid herself from Herod's soldiers in its branches. Or perhaps the Virgin and Child rested there on their flight into Egypt. Whatever, it's perilously close to the gash being cut for the new electric railway running out of Cairo to the New Helipolis being built in the suburbs. Sinister power groups are jostling for position, but who dumped the body of the humble villager on the track? Was it mere chance? Had the victim been caught up in a traditional revenge killing? Or did someone want to halt construction?
The Mamur Zapt, adept in picking his way through the local and national power structures, refers the removal of the body to committee. But, he has to ask, what is the significance of the Fig Tree? Does it matter that the caravans for Mecca gather only a mile or so away? And what of the ostrich that passed in the night?"
"Michael Pearce's tenth irresistable adventure for Colonial Egypt's the Mamur Zapt is fresh, funny and 'Still as fertile as your favourite oasis.' Inevitably, as the tide of Nationalism sweeps the British Protectorate towards the realities of the dawning Twentieth Century, New Egypt is eroding the ways of the Old. But, as Gareth Owen, head of Cairo's Secret Police well knows, 'The Old Egypt had a habit of rising up every so often and giving the New a mighty kick in the teeth.'
It's called the Tree of the Virgin. It's a sycamore, actually, not the English sort but the Egyptian, a species of fig. The tree is a site of religious interest, said to be a spot where the Virgin Mary hid herself from Herod's soldiers in its branches. Or perhaps the Virgin and Child rested there on their flight into Egypt. Whatever, it's perilously close to the gash being cut for the new electric railway running out of Cairo to the New Helipolis being built in the suburbs. Sinister power groups are jostling for position, but who dumped the body of the humble villager on the track? Was it mere chance? Had the victim been caught up in a traditional revenge killing? Or did someone want to halt construction?
The Mamur Zapt, adept in picking his way through the local and national power structures, refers the removal of the body to committee. But, he has to ask, what is the significance of the Fig Tree? Does it matter that the caravans for Mecca gather only a mile or so away? And what of the ostrich that passed in the night?"
Poor Owen keeps getting pulled into these situations where he really doesn't want to be. But it makes for a good story!
Journal Entry 3 by ealasaidmae at American Can Co On N Jeff Davis in New Orleans, Louisiana USA on Sunday, August 31, 2014
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