Action! Adventure! Archaeology! There are more perilous exploits in the second of the Cairo Jim chronicles. 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 (and well-manicured) Captain Neptune Bone is after the priceless treasure! It looks like the game is up when Bone captures the fearless trio...
The third novel in Annie Murray's "Birmingham" series. While Genie's father is away fighting in World War II, her mother has a ruinous affair which leaves her pregnant; Genie's little brother leaves, never to return; while Genie herself meets a man who then disappears to war.