The Assassin's Curse
By (Author) Kevin Sands
3
Simon & Schuster
Aladdin
22nd March 2023
Reprint
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
FIC
Paperback
560
Width 130mm, Height 194mm, Spine 36mm
388g
Christopher Rowe is back and there are more puzzles, riddles, and secrets to uncover in this third novel of the award-winning Blackthorn Key series.
Wherever Christopher Rowe goes, adventureand murderfollows. Even a chance to meet King Charles ends in a brush with an assassin.
All thats recovered from the killer is a coded message with an ominous sign-off: more attempts are coming. So when Christophers code-breaking discovers the attacks true target, he and his friends are ordered to Paris to investigate a centuries-old curse on the French throne. And when they learn an ancient treasure is promised to any assassin who succeeds, they realize the entire royal family is at stakeas well as their own lives.
In the third heart-pounding installment of the award-winning Blackthorn Key series, Christopher, Tom, and Sally face new codes, puzzles, and traps as they race to find the hidden treasure before someone else is murdered.
Since escaping from university with a pair of degrees in theoretical physics, Kevin Sands has worked as a researcher, a business consultant, and a teacher. He lives in Toronto, Canada. He is the author of the award-winning and bestselling Blackthorn Key series.