WOULD YOU BELIEVE EVEN ANOTHER MYSTERY OF HISTORY BY GEOFFREY MCSKIMMING?

AFTER THE PUCE EMPRESS

A Jocelyn Osgood Adventure

While on a stormbound flight to Shanghai, a mysterious old man from Manchuria thrusts a strange object into the hand of Jocelyn Osgood, the well-known Flight Attendant with Valkyrian Airways. The old man inexplicably disappears in mid-flight, leaving Jocelyn with a clue to the whereabouts of a priceless treasure from Chinese antiquity -- one that holds the very secret to pure magic ...

With advice from Cairo Jim, Jocelyn and her friend Joan Twilight embark upon the search for the Puce Empress, a search which takes them to China's mountainous and uncertain south.

But Gordon Slenderhead, that renowned prestidigitator, is also after the Puce Empress, and his devious desire is all-consuming ...

'The third in this series of exuberant comedies (is) a fascinating over-the-top adventure ... sheer good fun ... Bless you, McSkimming!' - Australian Bookseller & Publisher
'Hugely entertaining with lots of suspense, humour and mystery ... devoured at one sitting by my eleven year old who pronounced it to be "ace" ... sure to be a big success.' - Sophie Masson, Armidale Express
'I must say Miss Osgood did very well indeed.' - Jim of Cairo
'My discarded toenail clippings have more interesting structure to them than this latest plot of Mr McSkimming's. Enough is surely enough! Arrr.' - Captain N. Bone

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All written material contained herein copyright ©Geoffrey McSkimming 2005

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