Phyllis Wong's great-grandfather is on a quest. He wants to track down one of history's greatest magicians . but does he even exist? To find the answer, Phyllis and Wallace Wong will have to Transit across thousands of miles and hundreds of years. While the conjuring duo follow the trail of the master prestidigitator, a sinister figure haunts their every step. What is The Great Whimpering, and who is the dastardly man intent on bringing it about? Can they complete their mission in time to prevent the greatest calamity ever to befall mankind? A time-twisting tale about a young conjuror with a masterful mind from the author of the ever-popular Cairo Jim Chronicles.
A junior Jonathan Creek-style mystery in which the clever and resourceful young magician, Phyllis Wong, helps solve numerous crimes including the thefts of a missing diamond necklace and the most valuable painting ever to come to the city.
Phyllis Wong, a clever and resourceful young magician and amateur sleuth, finds herself embroiled in a mystery nearly as old as time when she discovers one of her great-grandfather's conjuring secrets! Someone has sold a number of incredibly valuable first editions of Shakespeare's collected plays at the antique auction house The House of Wendlebury and Chief Inspector Inglis suspects foul play. These rare First Folios are in mint condition, but are not forgeries. Where on earth could they have come from? Has a crime been committed? Luckily, Phyllis Wong is on the case. Having recently discovered the secret of Transiting, she travels back to Shakespeare's day to find out who is responsible. But when a famously lost Shakespearean play is scheduled to be auctioned back in the 21st Century, Phyllis suspects villainy. How can she convince Chief Inspector Inglis what's going on? Surely this is something that has to be seen to be believed? Phyllis Wong, that keen young magician with a talent for sleuthing and getting to the bottom of the strangest mysteries, is back!
Somewhere in the depths of darkest Peru lies the mysterious ChaCha Muchos, Lost City of the Dancers. Cairo Jim, famous archaeologist and failed poet, is determined to uncover its forgotten secrets.
When an ancient alabastron is stolen from the Greek Archaeological Museum, only one man can help - Cairo Jim. For the seemingly ordinary vase is home to a potent force that must not be allowed to escape.
If I were a little Iced Vo-Vo, then I guess my life would be crummy: I'd sit around with others the same, and end up in somebody's tummy. 'If, like me, you prefer your poems with a dash of vinegar and a smidgeon of darkness, then you could do a lot worse than buy twelveteen copies of Geoffrey McSkimming's ripping new collection of verses, Ogre In A Toga, illustrated by ME!' Martin Chatterton
At the ruins of the ancient Palace of Knossos in Crete, strange toxic gases are forcing visitors to abandon the site. Where are these foul-smelling emissions coming from and what mythical secret lies beneath the ruins? Only one man can solve this ancient mystery of history -and Cairo Jim has a gas maskl
IN THE ABANDONED, MUSTY UNDERGROUND store rooms of the Old Relics Society in Cairo, Gerald Perry (Esquire) leads Jim, Doris and Brenda to a row of six almost-forgotten, dust-covered crates secreted away in the gloominess. These crates, Perry tells his friends, were deposited down here long ago, shortly after Perry himself had the headquarters of the Old Relics Society built. The crates were left by an archaeologist-explorer who was himself an old man when Perry was young. That man, Perry informs was none other than Hercule Von Coddler one of the most felonious, thieving, wretchedly arrogant distorters of our profession! As each crate is uncovered, the store rooms become filled with awe-struck incredulity. The crates hold six large stone astragals convex mouldings hewn from the walls of an obviously ancient building. Each of the astragals has been carved with the figure of a dancing apsara heavenly nymph. It turns out they are the famous Astragals of the Apsaras, and therein lies their great, almost incomprehensible secret: each of the heavenly nymphs is demonstrating what appears to be a different sort of yoga or exercise position, with their arms, legs, necks and torsos bent and distorted, and all-akimbo, this way and that. They represent a sacred series of meditational mantras. The final astragal, the seventh, is supposed to show the final position attained before the human body will vanish in a single second into a plane only half in this world. Jim and his friends realise that someone is armed with lightweight replicas of the Astragals of the Apsaras replicas that may very well lead them to the last remaining astragal. They are dispatched to the vast and beautiful complex of Angkor, where they set about trying to thwart whoever is seemingly following in the footsteps of Hercule Von Coddler to obtain an all-empowering ancient knowledge which, if misused, could halt the progress of humankind as we know it.
A fragment of an old diary puts Cairo Jim on the trail of a secret more stunning than all the Seven Wonders of the World put together. It's the find of the century & Jim & his friends are the heroes of the hour. But behind the scenes lurks a manicured prune-smelling, fez-wearing villain with a devious plot.
A double adventure featuring that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet, Cairo Jim, and his 'good friend', Valkyrian Airways Flight Attendant Jocelyn Osgood. Through a chance encounter, Jocelyn finds herself on set in Bollywood, India, where she becomes unwittingly embroiled in the shooting of 'Dimplewali' - the latest epic film starring that legend of the silver screen, Dauntless Dymphna. At the same time, at the Old Relics Society in Cairo, Jim and his companions Doris the macaw and Brenda the Wonder Camel are being exposed to a startling new revelation by their patron, Gerald Perry Esquire. Is it possible that deep in the Indian hinterland, obscured by time and rampant greenery, there actually exists the most splendid arch ever built by humanity? An arch tha - against all laws of nature - suspends itself high above the jungle floor, with no visible means of support? When chaos ensues on the set of 'Dimplewali', Jocelyn and Dauntless Dymphna find themselves flung into a subcontinent of intrigue, danger and curries, the likes of which they have never known. But this is only the beginning compared to what awaits Jim, Doris and Brenda.
Phyllis Wong's great-grandfather is on a quest. He wants to track down one of history's greatest magicians ... but does he even exist? To find the answer, Phyllis and Wallace Wong will have to Transit across thousands of miles and hundreds of years. While the conjuring duo follow the trail of the master prestidigitator, a sinister figure haunts their every step. What is The Great Whimpering, and who is the dastardly man intent on bringing it about? Can they complete their mission in time to prevent the greatest calamity ever to befall mankind?
In the Valley of the Kings, Egypt, our hero Cairo Jim is hunting for the lost Tomb of the Pharaoh Martenarten. With him for the ride are his trusty talking parrot Doris and Brenda the Wonder Camel. But the devious, treacherous Captain Neptune Bone is after the priceless treasure! It looks like the game is up when Bone captures the fearless trio.
Is it possible that one of the greatest and most powerful beings from ancient mythology could still actually exist in the 21st century? Is it possible that Neptune F. Bone, that dangerous and deluded evil genius, knows of his whereabouts? Is it possible that Cairo Jim, that well-known archaeologist and little-know poet, and his friends Doris the Macaw and Brenda the Wonder Camel find themselves faced with another mystery of history, and a trail of gold, greed and gruesomeness?
A priceless artefact has gone missing in Rome - the imperishable bauble of the ancient Emperor Tiberius. Can Cairo Jim, well-known archaeologist and little-known poet, get to the bottom of things before it's too late?
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