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City of jackals

Hired to investigate the disappearance of a university student who may have become involved in political activities, Makana is drawn by a gruesome murder into an ethnic rivalry and gang war among young men from South Sudan.

Main Author: Bilal, Parker, 1960- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Series: Makana mystery ; bk. 5.
Subjects:
Private investigators > Egypt > Cairo > Fiction.
Missing persons > Investigation > Egypt > Cairo > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Egypt > Cairo > Fiction.
Cairo (Egypt) > Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Summary: Hired to investigate the disappearance of a university student who may have become involved in political activities, Makana is drawn by a gruesome murder into an ethnic rivalry and gang war among young men from South Sudan.
Item Description: Includes a preview of The golden scales, the first Makana investigation.
Physical Description: 440 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 1632863278
9781632863270
Author Notes: Parker Bilal is the pseudonym of Jamal Mahjoub. Born in London and brought up in Khartoum, Sudan, Mahjoub has lived in Britain, Denmark, and currently Spain. He is an award-winning literary novelist under his own name, and this is the fifth installment of his acclaimed Makana Mystery series, following The Golden Scales , Dogstar Rising , The Ghost Runner , and The Burning Gates .

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