A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe 1) by P Djèlí Clark by Clark, P. Djèlí

Available from Nook & Cranny Books when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

A 2021 NEIBA Book Award Finalist! Forty years ago in Egypt, the mystic and inventor Al-Jahiz pierced the veil between realms, sending magic into the world before he vanished into the unknown. Now in 1912 Cairo, humans brush elbows with djinn in crowded tramcars and airships sail the skies. In this new world the Egyptian Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments, and Supernatural Entities maintains an uneasy peace. When someone claiming to be Al-Jahiz "returned" murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to