Free The Curse of the Pharaoh #1 by Sir Steve Stevenson

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    Original Title: Agatha Mistery: L’enigma del faraone
    Text by Sir Steve Stevenson
    Original cover and illustrations by Stefano Turconi
    English language edition copyright © 2013 Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Original edition published by Istituto Geografico De Agostini S.p.A., Italy, 2010. © 2010 Atlantyca Dreamfarm s.r.l., Italy
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    ISBN: 978-0-698-14387-6



FIRST MISSION
Agents

    Agatha
    Twelve years old, an aspiring mystery writer; has a formidable memory

    Dash
    Student at the prestigious private school, Eye International Detective Academy

    Chandler
    Butler and former boxer with impeccable British style

    Watson
    Obnoxious Siberian cat with the nose of a bloodhound

    Aunt Patricia
    Lives in a lavish Luxor villa…and breeds camels!

DESTINATION
Egypt: Valley of the Kings

OBJECTIVE

    To discover who stole an ancient artifact from an archaeological dig in the Valley of the Kings—where the sun sets and the pharaohs have slept in their tombs for thousands of years. And beware of Tutankhamen’s curse.

T he penthouse sat high atop of Baker Palace, fifteen floors above street level. Its roof was covered with state-of-the-art solar panels, and if you stood on the wraparound terrace and peered in through the tinted-glass windows, the first thing you’d see was a mass of high-tech electronics—monitors, Wi-Fi antennas, and routers—surrounded by pizza boxes, fast-food bags, and dirty socks.
    The only person at home was a lanky fourteen-year-old boy, sprawled out snoring on the couch with his dark hair flopped over his face. He had left his seven computers on all night long,downloading data from around the world. His face was lit up by LED lights flashing like fireflies in the darkened room.
    Outside the penthouse London, England, was already bathed in a milky haze. It had been a sweltering summer, too hot for tourists, and the Thames River looked like a strip of shiny tar.
    Not far from Baker Palace, the famous Big Ben clock tower chimes struck six times. The low notes rattled the walls, but Dashiell Mistery slept like a rock.

    Dash was not a morning person. He liked lazing around the penthouse all day and never started his homework till late at night, usually with the music cranked. His report cards said it all: Dash was getting straight As in