Publisher's Synopsis
Gareth Cadwallader Owen is the Mamur Zapt, the Head of the Khediveas Secret Police. Unlike his British colleagues, Owen works for the Khedive. Itas not a comfortable perch as agitation for political and social restructuring grows. Furthermore, Owen is married to a pashaas daughter, Zeinab, herself straddling a cultural divide.
The Khedive has declared a procession. Heas going to drive around Cairo with his Ministers. Owen, who has spent his career defusing political time bombs, learns from his agents, some Greek and Egyptian, that the streets have been made dangerous by threats of real bombs. The first order of business is to ward them off. The second is to insure the safety of an impending major European delegation to the capital.What does it all have to do with Owenas shiny new motor car?