Secrets of the Tombs 1 : The Phoenix Code

When Ryan Flint accompanies his journalist mother to an archaeological expedition in Egypt''s Valley of the Kings, he isn''t expecting life-threatening danger and a 3,000-year-old murder mystery - but that''s exactly what he finds! Before he knows it, he has joined forces with Cleo McNeil, an archaeologist''s daughter, to solve secret codes, discover an ancient treasure and outwit a strange cult intent on gaining possession of the relic.

Can Ryan and Cleo unravel the mystery and solve the Phoenix Code before it''s too late?

Indiana Jones meets THE DA VINCI CODE in this exciting new series for readers of 9+.

Helen Moss was born in 1964 and grew up in Worcestershire and Saudi Arabia. After a degree in psychology and philosophy at Oxford University, Helen went on to do PhD research at Cambridge University. She recently spent a year in Portland, Oregon, with her family, and on returning decided to switch direction and devote herself full-time to writing books for young readers. Helen lives in a small village outside Cambridge with her husband, two teenage sons, two border collies, two gerbils, several hens and a bearded dragon called Frankie.

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