Mamur Zapt 06 The Mamur Zapt and the Spoils of Egypt by Michael Pearce

Author:Michael Pearce [Pearce, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: _NB_Fixed, 1900, Egypt, Fiction, Historical, Mystery & Detective, Suspense, mblsm, scan, good quality scan
ISBN: 9780892965601
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Published: 1992-05-15T09:01:08+00:00

‘Connected?’ said Mahmoud. ‘I wouldn’t have thought so.’

‘Your man yesterday said he thought Abu was on to something and that’s why he was killed.’

‘Everyone in Egypt thinks his neighbour is on to something. And then if he gets killed, that gets taken as proof.’

‘He thought Abu might have been wandering around —’

‘Looking for treasure. Yes, I know. That’s another great myth. Everybody knows that the Der el Bahari villagers have been robbers for centuries, so it stands to reason that in that time they must have amassed a huge treasure. Of course, no one asks why if that’s the case the present inhabitants spend their time selling relics for a living.’

‘If everyone thinks so,’ said Owen, ‘Abu may have thought so.’

‘And wandered round at night on the off-chance he’d find it?’

‘Why else would he be wandering around?’

‘Theft.’

‘What of?’

‘Equipment. Cable, that sort of thing. He was leaving in a day or two. Something small that he could smuggle.’

‘So you don’t think he was on to something?’

‘No. Nor the other one. I’m treating them both as accidents. And I’m trying to find evidence of negligence.’

‘Are you finding it?’

‘No,’ Mahmoud admitted. He looked up at the great rim of cliff. ‘It’s like that,’ he said. ‘A wall. A wall of silence. They won’t say anything.’

‘Your chap yesterday —“

‘He had a grudge. He was prepared to talk. But he had nothing to say.’

‘The others?’

‘Tomas’s men? Wouldn’t say a word. A bit frightened, I think. The place, the people. Me. They’re only here for a few days and then they’ll be off. Keep your head down. Nothing to do with you.’

‘Weren’t the two who were killed Tomas’s men?’

‘Another crew. Didn’t know them. They say.’

‘And the villagers?’

‘Nothing to do with them. Outsiders. Their own fault.’

‘Can’t you get anywhere on the negligence angle? Aren’t they worried it might happen to them?’

‘No.’

‘Too well bribed?’

Mahmoud looked at him.

‘If I could only prove that—!’

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