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 Owen, a Welsh army captain.
As of 2015, there are 18 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 Cemetery (Published 2001)
The Point in the Market
The Mark of the Pasha
The Bride Box (Published 2013)
The Mouth of the Crocodile (Published 2015)
