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Diese Serie begleitet einen politischen Flüchtling und ehemaligen sudanesischen Polize inspektor, der nun als preiswerter Privatdetektiv in Kairo, Ägypten, tätig ist. Die Fälle des Protagonisten führen ihn in die dunklen Ecken der ägyptischen Hauptstadt, wo er auf politische Intrigen und persönliche Dramen stößt. Die Geschichten bieten spannende Ermittlungen, verknüpft mit Einblicken in das Leben von Flüchtlingen und komplexe soziale Verhältnisse. Leser können eine Atmosphäre voller Geheimnisse und unerwarteter Wendungen erwarten.

The Burning Gates
City of Jackals
Dogstar Rising. A Makana Mystery
Die dunklen Straßen von Kairo
Dark Water
The Ghost Runner

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    Die dunklen Straßen von Kairo

    3,7(38)Abgeben

    Der Moloch am Nil frisst Menschen. Im Sudan war er Kriminalkommissar und ein glücklicher Mann. Bis er Ärger mit den Islamisten bekam und auf der Flucht seine Familie verlor. Nun lebt Makana in Kairo, in einem Hausboot auf dem Nil, und hält sich mühsam als Detektiv über Wasser. Makanas neuer Klient indes hat Geld, viel Geld. Saad Hanafi kann sich sogar einen eigenen Fußballclub leisten. Dessen wichtigster Spieler ist verschwunden. Hanafi will ihn unbedingt wiederhaben. Je länger Makana sucht, desto mehr Dreck und Leichen fördert er zutage, und desto mehr bringt er sich selbst in Gefahr.

    Die dunklen Straßen von Kairo
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    The Ghost Runner

    • 432 Seiten
    • 16 Lesestunden
    3,6(22)Abgeben

    It is 2002 and as tanks roll into the West Bank and the reverberations of 9/11 echo across the globe, tensions are running high on Cairo's streets. Private Investigator Makana, in exile from his native Sudan and increasingly haunted by memories of the wife and daughter he lost, is shaken out of his grief when a routine surveillance job leads him to the horrific murder of a teenage girl. In a country where honour killings are commonplace and the authorities seem all too eager to turn a blind eye, Makana determines to track down the perpetrator. He finds unexpected assistance in the shape of Zahra, a woman who seems to share Makana's hunger for justice. Seeking answers in the dead girl's past he travels to Siwa, an oasis town on the edge of the great Sahara desert, where the law seems disturbingly far away and old grievances simmer just below the surface. As violence follows him through the twisting, sand-blown streets and an old enemy lurks in the shadows, Makana discovers that the truth can be as deadly and as changeable as the desert beneath his feet.

    The Ghost Runner
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    The Burning Gates

    3,5(12)Abgeben

    A war criminal on the run. A mercenary hunting him down. A man caught in the crossfire. Private Investigator Makana has a new client: the powerful art dealer Aram Kasabian. Kasabian wants him to track down a priceless painting that went missing from Baghdad during the US invasion. All the dealer can tell Makana is that the piece was smuggled into Egypt by an Iraqi war criminal who doesn't want to be found. The art world is a far cry from the shady streets and dirty alleyways of the Cairo that Makana knows, but he discovers that this side of the city has its own dark underbelly. Before long, he finds himself caught between dangerous enemies on a trail that leads him into the darkness of war and which threatens to send the new life he has built for himself up in flames.

    The Burning Gates
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    City of Jackals

    • 464 Seiten
    • 17 Lesestunden
    3,7(6)Abgeben

    FINDING REFUGE CAN BE DEADLY. More trouble on the streets of Cairo in a gripping new investigation for 'one of crime fiction's most interesting and sympathetic detectives' (The Times) A severed head washes up on the banks of the Nile. The police turn a blind eye. It is just another victim in a series of ritual killings of refugees. Distracted from his hunt for a missing boy, Makana feels the pull of his Sudanese past and is impelled to seek justice for the murdered emigrants. In the dark heart of Cairo, Makana soon discovers the two cases may be connected in dangerous and unexpected ways.

    City of Jackals
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    Dark Water

    3,9(8)Abgeben

    Makana is a breath of fresh air, filled with humanity and empathy . . . An electrifying, psychological thriller, one that will keep you guessing right to the very last page New York Journal of Books

    Dark Water