Michael Pearce

The Khedive has declared a procession. Owen, who has spent his career defusing political time bombs, learns from his agents that the streets have been made dangerous....

Cairo, 1909. The murder capital of the world, where deaths are two a piastre. But the death of an effendi? That is something different....

Malta, 1913, and hot air balloons hover over the Grand Harbour. But one of them falls from the sky, the balloonist dying later from his injuries. He is not the only one to die unexpectedly at the Naval Hopspital....

Naples, 1913. Sun-baked, blue-skied, and with its amazing bay it is one of the most beautiful spots in Italy. But it’s also one of the most corrupt....

The dead man had been a prominent businessman in Gibraltar. So what had he been doing in Barcelona? The case, in Gibraltar's view, cries out for investigation....

When a body is found on the new electric railway line, Owen has to discover whether this is just another of Egypt's revenge killings....