When Kit Salter and her friends peek at a famed mummy in a museum chamber, they are shocked to discover rattles and moans coming from the box ...Inside is an Egyptian stowaway, determined to return a looted scarab and save his village. When the mummy is stolen too, the ensuing adventures puts the children fast on the heels of a villainous East End mob, and right into the heart of the Western Desert. But as the story climaxes in a temple, the villains and Kit find they have underestimated a stronger force - the terrible power of ancient Egypt.

With a wonderfully spirited heroine and a cast of batty aunts, French adventurers and music hall villains, this is a fabulous first book in an exciting series set during the Age of Empire. Over the course of the next three books, Kit and her friends will hunt for soma, the elusive elixir of immortality, on the slopes of the Himalayas; solve the mystery of the Marie Celeste among pirates on the high seas, and track Inuit warriors through the Arctic wastes. They will battle to outwit their arch rivals: the ghastly Baker Brothers, collectors linked with slavery and opium running.

The third book in the Kit Salter series.When their coach is hijacked, Kit and her friends are forced on a mission to China.Their quest takes them from bustling Shanghai to the Forbidden city and on a frightening journey into China's most sacred land...

Will Kit and her friends survive the danger and mysteries of China and win back their freedom?

The story of Winston Wright, Britain's smartest schoolboy - who blags his way into a top public school en-route to becoming Prime Minister. Gadgets, wisecracks and silliness abounds in this pacy spy adventure.

A compendium of mad secrets, spells and anecdotes - all the stuff your history neglected to tell you about the dark side of England's capital city.