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Alternative title: The Valentines and the Billionaire's Curse
Is part of The Billionaire Series Richard Newsome , 2009 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 The Billionaire's Curse
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'Someone has stolen the world's most valuable diamond and a constable lies unconscious in the British Museum, two sedative darts protruding from his backside.

'Not something Gerald Wilkins knows or cares anything about. Not until he finds himself on a private luxury jet heading for London to attend the funeral of a great aunt he has never met. Not until he inherits her estate, worth twenty billion pounds. Not until he opens a bundle of envelopes from his dead great aunt.

'Was she murdered? Who stole the diamond? And what is the mysterious casket that everyone seems to be looking for?

'With the help of the Valentine twins, the rat-fearing Sam and the gymnastic champ Ruby, Gerald's got a mystery to solve. A mystery that will take them into secret passageways, a musty bookshop, an ancient crypt, a ruined tower and a colossal cavern where the secret of a priceless treasure lies protected by deadly booby traps.

'The Billionaire's Curse is an irresistible adventure story with an array of curious characters, ancient folklore and a whodunnit. Young and not-so-young adults, get ready to stay up late.' (From the publisher's website.)

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First known date: 2008
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2009 .
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      Extent: 355p.
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      • Publication date: 3 August 2009.
      ISBN: 9781921520570
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2009 .
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      • Published 3 August 2009
      ISBN: 9781921520570
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Walden Pond Press ,       2011 .
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      Extent: 344p.
      Description: illus., map
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      • Published April 19, 2011
      ISBN: 9780061944918
Alternative title: Das Milliarden-Trio und der indische Diamant
Language: German
    • Hamburg,
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      Germany,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Oetinger ,       2010 .
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      Extent: 240p.p.
      ISBN: 9783862746002, 3862746003
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— Appears in: UQ Graduate Contact 2010; (p. 42)
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— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 23 no. 3 2009; (p. 40)
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 15 - 16 August 2009; (p. 25)
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 August 2009; (p. 12)
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Off the Shelf : Young Adult Fiction Dianne Dempsey , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 5 September 2009; (p. 24)
— Review of The Billionaire's Curse Richard Newsome , 2008 single work novel
[Review Essay] The Billionaire’s Curse Katharine England , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 September 2009; (p. 24)
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Home-Grown Tale Reshni Ratnam , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Westside News , 19 August 2009; (p. 25)
Bedtime Story Hits the Big Time Barry Divola , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 September 2009; (p. 35)
Young Adults Find Comfort in Bedtime Stories 2010 single work column
— Appears in: UQ Graduate Contact 2010; (p. 42)
Author's Folly Finds a Home Rosemary Sorensen , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 14 April 2010; (p. 3)
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