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London: UK: Headline, 2000. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. SIGNED by Doherty at title page. Third in the series of Egyptian mysteries. Hatusu, female ruler of Egypt, holds on to her power by a thread. When a couple of murders threaten a tentative truce she has organized she must depend on the respected judge Amerotke to investigate and save the agreement.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

London: Collins, 2000. 1st edition, fine in dust jacket. The new Mamur Zapt novel. Cairo 1912 and things are starting to get ever so slightly out of hand. An Italian is found murdered and his warehouse is discovered to be stocked with guns and there's the little matter of T.E. Lawrence making a nuisance of himself. SIGNED COPY. An ELLIS PETERS DAGGER AWARD NOMINEE for Best Historical Novel.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.: Poisoned Pen Press, 2002. 1st US edition, so stated. A fine, unread copy in dust jacket. Cairo, 1910. Captain Owen, The Mamur Zapt, is the head of Egypt's Political CID in the heyday of British Rule. He is ultimately responsible for law and order in the Khedive's Cairo. When the rules, whether obvious or hidden, are flouted, he steps into action - although it sometimes looks like he's merely stepped sideways, out of the way. Now it is the end of the boom, leaving banks beleaguered and borrowers in trouble whether the poorest land-working fellahin or the richest land-owning Pashas. Then a civil servant suspiciously dies at his desk. The whiff of corruption is in the air. Even Owen, who is supposed to be investigating the affair, appears to be living beyond his means. As he turns to such unlikely allies as the Grand Mufti, the local barber, and the Widow Shawquat, he penetrates to the heart of such sinister organizations as the Khedive's Agricultural Society.… Read More

NY: Mysterious Press, 1994. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. SIGNED COPY. Gideon is off to Egypt after he is promised a role in a documentary film. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY: Mysterious Press, 1994. 1st ed. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Gideon is off to Egypt after he is promised a role in a documentary film. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

N.Y.: St. Martin's, 1998. 1st US edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Top of spine bent, else near fine in dust jacket, small piece out at head of spine, moderately rubbed jacket at rear, edges, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "There's murder at a dig in the Egyptian desert in this mannered meeting of mystery and espionage. Tamara Hoyland, the spy/sleuth last seen in A Kind of Healthy Grave , is on an archaeological tour in Egypt shadowing Janet Macmillan, a physiologist whose research could threaten British security. Others on the tour include Vanessa Papillion, a vicious gossip and chat-show hostessand those with motive to kill her: poet Timothy Knipe, Vanessa's (formerly Janet's) would-be gigolo; John Benson, a snobbish dealer in spurious art, his childish sister Anne; and cheerful Hugo Bloom, their perennial houseguest. At the dig we meet Giles Needham, a single-minded archeologist, and Polly, his love-smitten assistant. Mann adds… Read More

N.Y.: William Morrow and Co., Inc., 2000. 1st ed., fine in dj. In Egypt in the year 1359 B.C. during the reign of the young Tutankhamen, a girl child is birthed in secret by the beautiful Nefertiti, once queen to the heretic Akhenaten. Thirty-Three centuries later, medical illustrator Kate McKinnon stumbles upon a distirbimg mystery from this ancient world. Hired by the Egyptology department of a Denver museum to create displays for an exhibit, medical illustrator McKinnon encounters an intriguing enigma: the mummy of a young woman who lived thirty-three centuries ago, her ribs broken, one hand shattered, and a man's skull between her legs.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

London: UK: Harper Collins, 1996. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. SIGNED by the author at the title page. Why was the body put on the line? Chance? Or did someone want to halt the progress of the new electric railway out fom Cairo to the City of Pleasure being built in the suburbs? Was it another of Egypt's traditional revenge killings? Or had the murdered man somehow got caught up in the manoeuvrings of the sinister power groups jostling for position around the new railway? In this, the tenth novel in Michael Pearce's award-winning series, Old Egypt is pitted against New and in the middle is the Mamur Zapt. To answer these questions he has to look both in the luxurious quarters of the dazzling New Heliopolis and in the more humble houses of the dead man's village, and in neither place are things as straightforward as they seem. What is the significance of the tree of the Virgin? Does it matter that the gathering place for the Mecca caravan is only a mile or two away? And what of the… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 2002. 1st ed. Near fine in price-clipped dust jacket. An AGATHA AWARD Nominee. It is 1917 and The Great War shows no sign of abating. Answering the siren call of Egypt once more, Amelia Peabody and her family arrive at their home in Luxor to learn of a new Royal Tomb that has been ransacked by thieves. Soon the intrepid clan of archaeologists are confronted by an even more disturbing outrage: the discovery of a freshly and savagely slain corpse of a thief defiling the ancient burial sight.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Award Nominee.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 2002. 1st ed. Near fine in lightly worn dust jacket. An AGATHA AWARD Nominee. It is 1917 and The Great War shows no sign of abating. Answering the siren call of Egypt once more, Amelia Peabody and her family arrive at their home in Luxor to learn of a new Royal Tomb that has been ransacked by thieves. Soon the intrepid clan of archaeologists are confronted by an even more disturbing outrage: the discovery of a freshly and savagely slain corpse of a thief defiling the ancient burial sight.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

NY: Morrow, 2000. 1st ed. Fine in dj. 1914 finds Amelia and her husband back in Egypt for another season of archaeological excavation. Both An AGATHA and ANTHONY AWARD NOMINEE for Best Novel. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

London: Headline, 1999. 1st ed. Complete number line begining with one. Fine in dj. SIGNED COPY, signed by Doherty at title page. Historical. 2nd title in the Ancient Egypt series. Reader is taken alongside Lord Amerotke, Pharaoh's Chief Judge, in all of his investigations of murdered victims. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 2001. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. It is the autum of 1915 and the elderly Peabody-Emersons in Cairo for their annual excavation. But Cairo has been turned into an army camp with enemy agents and shockingly bold tomb robbers. No place in Egypt is safe. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Mysterious Press, 1992. 1st ed, with full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Winner of the British Crime Writers' Association LAST LAUGH DAGGER AWARD. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Award Winner.

Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.: Poisoned Pen Press, 2001. 1st prtg. Trade paperback of this first entry in the fine Historical series set in Egypt of 1908. #38 in the Missing Mystery series published by Poison Pen. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine/Fine. Trade Paperback.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Walker & Co, 1996. 1st edition. A fine, unread copy in un-clipped dust jacket with very light rubbing at rear panel. The third Lord Meren mystery. Whether dealing with the considerable charms of the Lady Bentanta, protecting the Pharaoh Tutankhamun, or facing the discovery of a corpse in the sanctity of his own home, Lord Meren, The Eyes and Ears of Pharaoh, provides timeless excitement for all readers. Meren, under the pharaohs orders, is taking some time for himself; unfortunately his family has decided that rest and recreation mean throwing a Feast of Rejoicing. It couldnt happen at a worse time. Hidden along the Nile are the remains and treasures of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, being moved to protect them from disgruntled priests. Meren and his son, Kysen, are responsible for their safety. That is why the discovery of the body o I the sharp-tongued shrew, Anhai, wife of his cousin, in one of his granaries so disturbs him. Now, while obeying the commands of his king… Read More

NY: Walker, 1994. 1st U.S. Edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1, near fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, that has a couple of closed tears, very light soiling and edgewear. This is the author's first novel and first in the series of Lord Meren, Pharoah's investigator. MACAVITY AWARD FINALIST for Best First Novel. Set in ancient Egypt in the time of Tutanhamen. First edition is estimated at less than 3500 copies. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good-Near Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 2002. 1st edition, August 2002, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. The fourth in the Ancient Egyptian series in which Pharao's Chief judge, Lord Amerotke investigates the murder of one of Egypt's great heroes. In 2000 Doherty won The HERODOTUS AWARD for Lifetime Achievment presented by the Historical Mystery Appreciation Society for best historical writing . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

London: Headline, 2001. 1st ed. Fine in dj. The fourth in the Ancient Egyptian series in which Pharao's Chief judge, Lord Amerotke investigates the murder of one of Egypt's great heroes. This series regularly goes out of print on publication. In 2000 Doherty won The HERODOTUS AWARD for Lifetime Achievment presented by the Historical Mystery Appreciation Society for best historical writing . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Carroll & Graf, 2003. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. Holmes and Watson hunt for a brutal murderer from London to Egypt, to India, and finally rich, mysterious Singapore.. It is here that they must face the cunning and ruthless colonial master of singapore, Lord Barington.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.