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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Billionaire Series
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y separately published work icon The Billionaire's Curse The Valentines and the Billionaire's Curse Richard Newsome , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2009 Z1526341 2008 single work novel young adult mystery

'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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y separately published work icon The Emerald Casket Richard Newsome , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2010 Z1702460 2010 single work novel young adult mystery

'What do you do when you're a billionaire, you're thirteen and you've just discovered your family tree goes back a thousand years to a pact made by three brothers to carry three caskets to three secret locations and to protect them for centuries to come?

'What do you do when you know a bloodthirsty criminal holds the contents of one of those caskets and will stop at nothing to discover the others?

'Gerald, Sam and Ruby fly to India in Gerald's private jet for a holiday at the home of Alisha Gupta, looking forward to getting away from the exhausting business of stolen gems, bejewelled caskets, thieves and bumbling police officers. But their holiday soon turns to a desperate quest to outwit a deadly cult, and to beat Mason Green to the Emerald Casket in a fast-paced race against time and tide.' (From the publisher's website.)

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y separately published work icon The Mask of Destiny Richard Newsome , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2011 Z1808783 2011 single work novel young adult mystery

'The police have finally caught the evil murderer Sir Mason Green. The third casket and whatever treasure it contains can remain a secret just as the Fraternity wished. And Gerald can relax and enjoy his billions.

'Or can he?

'At his trial, Green drops dead in the dock. Forensics show he was poisoned by a dart—and Gerald's DNA is on the blowgun.

'Then a mysterious cat woman steals the ruby, the key to the third casket. A mysterious woman with a store of poison darts, who happens to be Sir Mason Green's niece, Charlotte.

'Now Gerald is on the run, with Ruby and Sam, wanted for murder. Can they beat Charlotte to the ruby casket and prove that she killed Green?

'It's a quest that takes them to caverns beneath the island castle of Mont St Michel in France, locked rooms in the Vatican and the ancient hidden city of Delphi in Greece to discover the secret of the three caskets and the great power they hold.' (From the publisher's website.)

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y separately published work icon The Crystal Code Richard Newsome , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2012 Z1895989 2012 single work novel young adult mystery 'Gerald Wilkins, the world's youngest billionaire, is about to get more than he expected for Christmas.

'Gerald, Ruby and Sam are meeting up with Alisha and Gerald's Australian school friend Ox for two weeks of snowboarding in the mountains of California. It's a dream vacation.

'But soon after they arrive—by helicopter, with Gerald's butler Mr Fry at the controls, of course—the private chalet is attacked. Gerald and the gang escape through a secret passage, only to be pursued on snowmobiles by men with guns across frozen lakes and into the path of a cascading avalanche.

'Could this be the work of Gerald's nemesis Sir Mason Green, recently escaped from prison? Or is someone else behind the attack? Does the old dry cleaning ticket Gerald found amongst Green's belongings hold the key? And how does an invitation to join the secretive Billionaire's Club land Gerald in so much trouble?

'Join Gerald and his friends in the USA, the Czech Republic and a tiny island in Sweden for a new thrilling adventure. After all, with all that money, there's got to be more to the story.' (From the publisher's website.)
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y separately published work icon The House of Puzzles Richard Newsome , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2014 7449368 2014 single work novel crime detective

'A mysterious coded message. A search for a fabled perpetual motion machine. A horse ride from hell. And a night in the exclusive Billionaire’s Club House of Puzzles.

'If Gerald thought his term in a Scottish Highlands school camp was going to be all snow-covered heather and tartan rugshe couldn’t have been more wrong. With Professor McElderry in the clutches of Gerald’s nemesis Sir Mason Green and a seemingly impossible task required to save his life, the stakes are high and the heat is on.

'In The House of Puzzles, the fifth book of the Billionaire Series, Gerald, Ruby Sam and Felicity face their greatest challenge yet.' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon The Curiosity Machine Richard Newsome , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2016 9663017 2016 single work novel adventure young adult

'With the strange plans for an even stranger machine in his possession, along with a coded message from a long-dead castaway that could be the key to unlocking its secrets, Gerald finds himself at the centre of a web of mystery and danger.

'Masked gunmen have taken over his luxury yacht. His parents have been kidnapped. And one of his closest friends has betrayed him.

'His old enemy Sir Mason Green seems to be pulling all the strings.

'Or is he?

'Gerald, Ruby, Sam and Felicity take off on their final exciting adventure, from glaciers to jungles and the depths of the Pacific Ocean to an island teeming with the most bizarre creatures on earth.' (Publication summary)

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First known date: 2009

Works about this Work

From Corporate World To Land of Make-Believe Cameron Cooper , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 May 2012; (p. 3)
Don't Get it Right, Get it Written Phil Brown , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , September no. 200 2010; (p. 8-9)
Don't Get it Right, Get it Written Phil Brown , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , September no. 200 2010; (p. 8-9)
From Corporate World To Land of Make-Believe Cameron Cooper , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 May 2012; (p. 3)
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