The Curiosity Machine

The Curiosity Machine

Richard Newsome

Richard Newsome

The Billionaire Series Book 6.With the strange plans for an even stranger machine in his possession, along with a coded message from a long-dead castaway that could be the key to unlocking its secrets, Gerald finds himself at the centre of a web of mystery and danger.Masked gunmen have taken over his luxury yacht. His parents have been kidnapped. And one of his closest friends has betrayed him. His old enemy Sir Mason Green seems to be pulling all the strings. Or is he?Gerald, Ruby, Sam and Felicity take off on their final exciting adventure, from glaciers to jungles and the depths of the Pacific Ocean to an island teeming with the most bizarre creatures on earth.Richard Newsome lives in Brisbane with his family. He won the inaugural Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing for The Billionaire’s Curse, the first book in the acclaimed Billionaire series. It was soon followed by The Emerald Casket,...
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The House of Puzzles

The House of Puzzles

Richard Newsome

Richard Newsome

A mysterious coded message. A search for a fabled perpetual motion machine. A horse ride from hell. And a night in the exclusive Billionaire's Club House of Puzzles.If Gerald thought his term in a Scottish Highlands school camp was going to be all snow-covered heather and tartan rugshe couldn't have been more wrong. With Professor McElderry in the clutches of Gerald's nemesis Sir Mason Green and a seemingly impossible task required to save his life, the stakes are high and the heat is on.In The House of Puzzles, the fifth book of the Billionaire Series, Gerald, Ruby Sam and Felicity face their greatest challenge yet.Richard Newsome lives in Brisbane with his family. He won the inaugural Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing for The Billionaire's Curse, the first book in the acclaimed Billionaire series.Praise for the Billionaire Series:'What do you get when you mix Tintin, James Bond, and The Famous Five together? You...
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The Emerald Casket

The Emerald Casket

Richard Newsome

Richard Newsome

With all the suspense, humour and twists and turns of The Billionaire's Curse, The Emerald Casket will delight readers waiting for the sequel and send new readers clamouring for the first book of The Billionaire Trilogy.What do you do when you're a billionaire, you're thirteen and you've just discovered your family tree goes back a thousand years to a pact made by three brothers to carry three caskets to three secret locations and to protect them for centuries to come?What do you do when you know a bloodthirsty criminal holds the contents of one of those caskets and will stop at nothing to discover the others?Gerald, Sam and Ruby fly to India in Gerald's private jet for a holiday at the home of Alisha Gupta. But their holiday soon turns to a desperate quest to outwit a deadly cult, and to beat Mason Green to the Emerald Casket in a fast-paced race against time and tide.
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The Mask of Destiny

The Mask of Destiny

Richard Newsome

Richard Newsome

Book III of the Billionaire Trilogy. Gerald’s old foe, Sir Mason Green, has been arrested. At last Gerald can relax and enjoy his billions. The third casket and whatever treasure it contains can remain a secret, just as the Fraternity wished. But when a mysterious cat woman steals the ruby key, Gerald, Ruby and Sam find themselves on the run, dodging poison darts and heading for an ancient castle in France. Can they outwit the unshakable Inspector Jarvis and the lethal black-clad woman? And will they discover the secret of the three caskets before the great power they unlock falls into the wrong hands? ‘From Roman emperors to murderous cults, Indian dynasties to secret fraternities, the adventures of Gerald and his friends will keep young readers turning the pages at lightning speed.’ Fiction Focus
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The Crystal Code

The Crystal Code

Richard Newsome

Richard Newsome

Gerald Wilkins, the world's youngest billionaire, is about to get more than he expected for Christmas.Gerald, Ruby and Sam are meeting up with Alisha and Gerald's Australian school friend Ox for two weeks of snowboarding in the mountains of California. It's a dream vacation.But soon after they arrive—by helicopter, with Gerald's butler Mr Fry at the controls, of course—the private chalet is attacked. Gerald and the gang escape through a secret passage, only to be pursued on snowmobiles by men with guns across frozen lakes and into the path of a cascading avalanche.Could this be the work of Gerald's nemesis Sir Mason Green, recently escaped from prison? Or is someone else behind the attack? Does the old dry cleaning ticket Gerald found amongst Green's belongings hold the key? And how does an invitation to join the secretive Billionaire's Club land Gerald in so much trouble?Join Gerald and his friends in the USA, the Czech Republic and a tiny island in Sweden for a...
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