Action! Adventure! Archaeology! This is a ninth adventure for Cairo Jim.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 mask!

 

This is number 9 in The Cairo Jim Chronicles .

There are 208 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Walker Books Ltd .

Geoffrey McSkimming is a huge success in his native Australia, with fifteen books in the Cairo Jim series so far. While researching the globe-trotting series he went to Egypt, Mexico and Peru, to name but a few! An entertaining speaker, Geoffrey regularly appears at events in full Cairo Jim costume.