Firebird
By Michael Asher
Sammy Rashid, Cairo’s maverick detective, is assigned a hopeless case. A political hot potato made even worse by his being harnessed to Daisy, an FBI partner, covering the American interest in the investigation. Their only clue: a charm connected to the disappearance of a Persian king, his army and his gold. With bodies piling up, no immediate suspects, and only a charm and the word ‘Firebird’ as leads, they must find the unidentified killer even when faced with the threat of a more sinister, ghoulish presence…