Mamur Zapt

The Mamur Zapt is the protagonist of an award-winning series of historical fiction police procedurals, written by Sudanese-born novelist Michael Pearce. The novels are set in Cairo at the turn of the twentieth century; the first in the series, The Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet, was published in 1988.

Rather than being a specific person, "Mamur Zapt" was the official title of the head of the Cairo secret police; Pearce chose to fill this role with Gareth Cadwallader Owens, a Welsh army captain.

As of 2008, there are 16 novels in the Mamur Zapt series.

The books are:

• The Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet (Published 1988)
• The Mamur Zapt and the Night of the Dog (Published 1989)
• The Mamur Zapt and the Donkey-Vous (Published 1990)
• The Mamur Zapt and the Men Behind (Published 1991)
• The Mamur Zapt and the Girl in the Nile (Published 1992)
• The Mamur Zapt and the Spoils of Egypt (Published 1992)
• The Mamur Zapt and the Camel of Destruction (Published 1993)
• The Snake Catcher's Daughter (Published 1994)
• The Mingrelian Conspiracy (Published 1995)
• The Fig Tree Murder (Published 1997)
• The Last Cut (Published 1998)
• Death of an Effendi (Published 1999)
• A Cold Touch of Ice (Published 2000)
• The Face in the Cemetary (Published 2001)
• The Point in the Market
• The Mark of the Pasha