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Mamur Zapt mysteries volume 17
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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...
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Mamur Zapt mysteries volume 18
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"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...
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Mamur Zapt mysteries volume 19
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The kidnapping of an innocent schoolgirl throws a glaring light on the tensions and injustices of pre-War Egyptian society in this absorbing historical mystery.
Cairo, Egypt, 1913. When schoolgirl Marie Kewfik is kidnapped, snatched away as she strolled through the bustling bazaars of the Souk, the Khedive insists that the Mamur Zapt, Head of the Secret Police, takes charge of the negotiations for her safe return. The Kewfiks are one of the...
4) Zapt! Vol. 1
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Meet Armand Jones, a typical boy from small town U.S.A. Doesn't like his teachers. Doesn't like homework. Can't stand the bullies constantly harassing him on the bus every day. But what he really won't like is getting ZAPT! Armand is about to be inducted into the ranks of the Pan-Galactic Order Of Police, where, like it or not, he'll have to save Alien Races and outwit marauding Space Pirates! And he'll still have to be home in time for dinner. Being...
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Since being inducted into the ranks of P.O.O.P (Pan-galactic Order Of Police), 12-year-old Armand Jones has had more trouble keeping out of detention at school than he has with capturing alien outlaws. But now, there's major turmoil spreading across the galaxy, and it's got Mr. Big, Red and Ugly's fingerprints all over it!
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Since defeating Gongar and his hordes in a battle that cost them their headquarters, the P.O.O.P. Ops scour the universe looking for the fiend. But when Gongar finally does turn up, it's with a devious plan to legally take over one of the most powerful planets in the galaxy! Now it's up to Armand to save the day, and make it to the school dance... hopefully, alive!
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