{"product_id":"9781608198719","title":"Dogstar Rising : A Makana Mystery","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eDogstar Rising\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Parker Bilal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummer, 2001. The mutilated bodies of young boys are turning up in the backstreets of Cairo, and the finger of suspicion is pointing at the city's Coptic community. As Makana, a private investigator who fled his native Sudan a decade ago, watches the embers of religious hatred begin to glow, he has a premonition that history may be about to repeat itself. But for now, Makana has another case to solve, involving a disgruntled travel agent, stolen money, and threatening letters-an assignment that appears to point to nothing more than a family feud. That is, until Makana meets Meera, a woman with a dangerous secret who asks for his help- and stumbles upon an unlikely link to the murdered boys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the travel agent's office becomes the backdrop to a brutal killing Makana is the sole witness, and he attracts the unwanted attention of not only the state security services and the police but also a disreputable Sudanese businessman-who claims to hold the key to Makana's past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis search for answers takes him from the labyrinth of Cairo to the city of Luxor and an abandoned monastery near the tombs of the pharaohs, where he uncovers a web of intrigue, violence, and secrecy that reaches deep into Egypt's political heart...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As gripping as the first ... [Bilal's] skills are evident in the pace, confidence and emotional truth of this brilliant novel.” —\u003ci\u003eSunday Times (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The second outing for Parker Bilal's Sudanese detective Makana… has all the satisfying complexities of his first... Like all the best crime fiction, Bilal's story has a depth and resonance which stretches far beyond its cast of characters into the wider world.” —\u003ci\u003eIndependent (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781608198719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40593268670670,"sku":"9781608198719","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_3e4387b3-9b46-400d-8456-47717a436ac2.jpg?v=1637784974","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781608198719","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}