u003cbu003eChristopher Rowe is back and there are more puzzles, riddles, and secrets to uncover in this third novel of the award-winning Blackthorn Key series.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eWherever Christopher Rowe goes, adventureand murderfollows. Even a chance to meet King Charles ends in a brush with an assassin.u003cbru003e u003cbru003eAll thats recovered from the killer is a coded message with an ominous sign-off: more attempts are coming. So when Christophers code-breaking discovers the attacks true target, he and his friends are ordered to Paris to investigate a centuries-old curse on the French throne. And when they learn an ancient treasure is promised to any assassin who succeeds, they realize the entire royal family is at stakeas well as their own lives.u003cbru003e u003cbru003eIn the third heart-pounding installment of the award-winning Blackthorn Key series, Christopher, Tom, and Sally face new codes, puzzles, and traps as they race to find the hidden treasure before someone else is murdered.