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Dogstar Rising (2013)

by Parker Bilal(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1608198715 (ISBN13: 9781608198719)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Bloomsbury USA

series

Makana

review 1: If you want to understand the Arab Spring you might want to read these mysteries. Bilal captures the hopelessness that the average Egyptian has about his or her government. Makana, a Sudanese exile, is a good man to have on your side as some urchins and a reporter soon find out. We have street children being killed, tension between Christians and Muslims over the killings-each blaming the other, money laundering via a travel agency which handles Western tourists, and terrorist intrigue involving a nemesis from the Sudan. The time is 2001 and the book ends with the planes striking the twin tower in NYC. Makana is a really captivating character or as his enemies and sometimes allies of convenience call "an interesting man." There are only three in the series and I hope Bila... morel continues this series. Given the current situation in Egypt I'm sure there is plenty to write about to keep Makana working.
review 2: THE second Makana Mystery (you need not have read the first one to get into the plot of book #2) revolves around the titular police inspector, in exile from his native Sudan. Now based in Cairo, he offers his services as a private investigator. Employed by the owner of Blue Ibis Tours, a formerly prosperous travel company, to investigate a threatening letter sent to the agency, Makana faces truculent staff and a bookkeeping system that would take 10 years to decipher. Yousef, an employee with street cunning, takes Makana on as a driver. The streets are filled with tension and violence as a spate of brutal killings of homeless boys has Muslims and Christians accusing each other of inciting racial hatred. When Makana witnesses a killing he attracts the attention of the state security services and a ruthless gang. Investigations collide and Makana finds himself on the wrong side of the law, when an unexpected associate from his past presents the detective with information that threatens to derail not only his case, but also his life. less

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