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.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Blackthorn Key .

This book is aimed at children at US 5th grade-9th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 10-14 years.

This book was published in 2017 by Simon & Schuster .

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.