Beyond the Grave is the 4th book in the 39 clue series written by Jude Watson. The audio book is read by David Pittu and includes a bonus feature where Grace Cahill is featured talking on a game-show (available from Audible.com). In this book, Dan and Amy go after an Ekat clue left by branch founder, Katherine Cahill.
After uncovering the Tomas clue, gold, left by them in a cave in Seoul, Korea by the famous samouri, Tomoyoti Hideyoshi, they head to Egypt after discovering a clue to their next location in an anagram decoding to El Sakhet (of the Sakhet). Sakhet is an ancient Egyptian goddess.
The book starts out with Dan, Amy and Nellie in the middle of the Con El Camili marketplace in Cairo, Egypt. After encountering their cousin, the Russian Irina Spasky, who has set out to kill them, Dan and Amy flee getting lost in the process. While barging for a fake statue, they meet the blonde, green eyed British archeologist Theo Cotter who saves them from buying a fake Sakhet statue and helps them regroup with their au pair Nelllie Gomez. Theo leads them to Senari House, where Dan and Amy find their first hint towards the clue, a letter written to Napoleon. However, Nellie, Amy and Dan are soon caused to flee Senari House after discovering the letter, leaving Theo alone.
After hailing a cab, they head towards their hotel which they booked with their uncle Alistar’s recent traveler card. When they get there they learn that the five star hotel is really a cover up for the Ekaterina stronghold. When they enter the stronghold, Amy tells Dan that she thinks that their beloved grandmother Grace Cahill, may have been preping them for the clue hunt all along which leads them to mistrust her. In the stronghold they meet Alistar Oh’s uncle, Bae Oh who traps them in a plastic cube.After making their escape they meet Theo Cotter’s grandmother, Hillary who happened to be good friends with Grace. After regrouping with Theo at Hillary’s house, Hillary hands them a Christmas card and the missing Sakhet both gifts from Grace. With Dan’s help the trio finds a hint hidden in the Sakhet making them realize that the next clue is hidden in Queen Nefertiti’s tomb.
Soon, Amy, Dan, Nellie, and Theo grab a flight to Luxor where they explore Nefertiti’s tomb for ten minutes.When they head back to the boat, Dan and Amy sneak off to the tomb again and this time successfully obtain the hieroglyphics which they decipher on the boat to mean island, Isis, column, and wall. Sadly, Jonah Wizard, one of Dan and Amy’s competitors in the clue hunt sends them a drift to a crocodile infested island. Fortunately they find their way off the island with the help of a fisherman. Soon, the quartet book a room in the old Cateract Hotel. That night, Dan , Amy and Nellie discover that Theo and hillary have been trying to steal Grace’s Sakhet. The siblings use Theo’s betrayal to send Irina Spasky on a wild goose chase.
The next day, the trio discovers that Alistar Oh has been spying on them. They also discover an old painting that Grace made which was a map to the island of Phille which was submerged under water after the new dam was built. Alistar helps them go underwater to find the clue in his submarine. However, when they get there they find out that the madrigals got there first and crossed out the clue. After almost dying in the submersible the Cahills head back disappointed only to find out that Grace was leading them to the clue. Soon, they are hot on a new trail where they find a picture of the clue but ar still not able to identify it. At the hotel, Amy discovers that the clue is myrrh. The discovery leads the siblings to once again trust Grace. The book ends with the Madrigals attacking the Ekat stronghold.
The next book is called the Black Circle written by Patrick Carman.
References:
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The 39 Clues, Book 3: The Sword Thief - review of Audible.com book
The Sword Thief is the third book in The 39 Clues series. It was written by Peter Lerangis and was published by Scholastic in 2009. The Sword Thief follows the first two books in the series, The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan and One False Note by Gordon Korman.
The Audible.com book is narrated by David Pittu and is 3 hrs and 51 min long.
The book starts with Dan and Amy in a Venice airport. They team up with Alistair Oh and fly with him on his private plane to Japan. Together they learn about Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the greatest warrior in the history of Japan.
They find a haiku, which tells them to use geometry to find Hideyoshi's treasure. They are chased by the Yakuza and are nearly killed. They decode another message in the shapes that tells them to go to Korea.
In Korea, they look at old books about the Cahill family in Alistair's secret library. By reading one of them, Amy and Dan figure out that the secret of the 39 Clues is the ability to make gold out of lead. They also figure out that they should go to a mountain called Pukhansan.
In the mountain, they find an entrance where all of Hideyoshi's treasure lies, and the third clue, gold. The Kabras betray them and block them inside the cave. They also figure out that the next clue is in Egypt.
References:
They find a haiku, which tells them to use geometry to find Hideyoshi's treasure. They are chased by the Yakuza and are nearly killed. They decode another message in the shapes that tells them to go to Korea.
In Korea, they look at old books about the Cahill family in Alistair's secret library. By reading one of them, Amy and Dan figure out that the secret of the 39 Clues is the ability to make gold out of lead. They also figure out that they should go to a mountain called Pukhansan.
In the mountain, they find an entrance where all of Hideyoshi's treasure lies, and the third clue, gold. The Kabras betray them and block them inside the cave. They also figure out that the next clue is in Egypt.
References:
The Sword Thief. Wikipedia.
Investigating the art of the audiobook - Audible founder reports 40% growth in unit sales every year http://goo.gl/q1Iqh
Investigating the art of the audiobook - Audible founder reports 40% growth in unit sales every year http://goo.gl/q1Iqh
The 39 Clues, Book 2: One False Note - review of Audible.com book
One False Note is the second book in The 39 Clues series. It is written by Gordan Korman, and was published by Scholastic in 2008.
Amy, Dan, and Nellie, found music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the end of the first book, The Maze of Bones, leading them to Vienna, Austria, to learn about the composer and find a related, second clue.
In Vienna, Amy and Dan discover that Mozart had a younger sister: Maria Anna "Nannerl" Mozart and they find her diary.
They discover that there is another song in the middle of the song by Mozart named after his birtplace, Salzburg, Austria. They go there to the Salzburg Catacombs and then to Venice, Italy.
In Venice, they find a secret passage from a music store and then find the 3 missing diary pages which lead them to the second clue and two Japanese swords. At the end of the book, they buy plane tickets to Tokyo, Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_False_Note
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The 39 Clues, Book 1: The Maze of Bones - brief review of Audible.com book
The book is available from Audible (audio) and Amazon. The Maze of Bones is the first book in The 39 Clues series. It is written by Rick Riordan, and was published by Scholastic in 2008.
Amy and Dan Cahill, the protagonists of the novel and Grace's favorite grandchildren, are on their way to Grace's funeral after her death. Her will proposed a challenge: to find the 39 Clues, which will make the winner the "most powerful and influential person(s) on the planet", or to take a million dollars and walk away.
They accept the challenge and they received the first Clue. They find a lead in Philadelphia, prompting them to travel to Paris, France, where they learn more about Ben Franklin (who also supposedly a Cahill) and their family.
The almanac they found mentions a 'maze of bones'. They realize this means the Paris Catacombs, whose walls have been paved with bones. They find some bones which have numbers on them: a number game, planted there by Franklin to give the coordinates to the next clue.
Dan solved the first clue which means a type of metal: iron solute. The probable location of the second Clue is Vienna, Austria, the home of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maze_of_Bones
Investigating the art of the audiobook - Audible founder reports 40% growth in unit sales every year http://goo.gl/q1Iqh
Amy and Dan Cahill, the protagonists of the novel and Grace's favorite grandchildren, are on their way to Grace's funeral after her death. Her will proposed a challenge: to find the 39 Clues, which will make the winner the "most powerful and influential person(s) on the planet", or to take a million dollars and walk away.
They accept the challenge and they received the first Clue. They find a lead in Philadelphia, prompting them to travel to Paris, France, where they learn more about Ben Franklin (who also supposedly a Cahill) and their family.
The almanac they found mentions a 'maze of bones'. They realize this means the Paris Catacombs, whose walls have been paved with bones. They find some bones which have numbers on them: a number game, planted there by Franklin to give the coordinates to the next clue.
Dan solved the first clue which means a type of metal: iron solute. The probable location of the second Clue is Vienna, Austria, the home of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maze_of_Bones
Investigating the art of the audiobook - Audible founder reports 40% growth in unit sales every year http://goo.gl/q1Iqh
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