Museum Mystery Squad and the Case of the Hidden Hieroglyphics - Paperback

by Mike Nicholson (Author), Mike Phillips (Illustrator)

Some people think that museums are boring places full of glass cases, dust and stuff no-one cares about: wrong In a hidden headquarters below the exhibits there's a gang ready to handle dangerous, spooky or just plain weird problems: the Museum Mystery Squad.

Techie-genius Nabster, mile-a-minute Kennedy, and sharp-eyed Laurie (along with Colin the hamster ) tackle the surprising conundrums happening at the museum. From moving prehistoric creatures and secret Egyptian codes to missing treasure and strange messages from the past, there's no brain-twisting, totally improbable puzzle the Squad can't solve.

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Hieroglyphics: hard to spell and even harder to decode

When a strange message is found hidden on the casket of Pharaoh Raneb, the Museum Mystery Squad must crack a code nobody's seen since ancient Egyptian times. But this mummy's keeping mum.

The Squad are not the only ones working on the mystery: they meet Egyptian expert Professor Peter Gyptex, and the very odd Vera Damclot, a fan of mummified cats. Can the Squad reveal the mummy's secret before it unravels?

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Young readers will love the riddles, red herrings and big reveals jam-packed into this fun-filled series of mystery stories by Mike Nicholson. The enjoyable extras like wacky facts and activities, as well as zany illustrations by Mike Phillips, will keep amateur detectives entertained for hours.

Front Jacket

Report: Secret message discovered hidden with an ancient Egyptian mummy

Problem: Message = hero hiro hieroglyphics What does it mean

Solutions:

• Ask our mummies (Get it?! Ha ha ha!)
• Look up a pharaoh's dictionary (that's not a real thing)
• Use the ScanRay (Professor Gyptex says we can't)
• So... what next?

Answer: We need to wrap this up!

On the case:

Nabster, Kennedy and Laurie + Colin (the hamster!)

Author Biography

Mike Nicholson won the Kelpies Prize for new Scottish children's fiction in 2005. He is the author of many humorous children's books including the Museum Mystery Squad series (for young readers) and the Thistle Street picture books. Mike lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mike Phillips is the illustrator of many children's books including the Horrible Histories: Gruesome Guides and the Horrible Geography series.