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|author=Josh Lacey
|title=The Sultan's Tigers
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Tom's dad is the black sheep of the family – the only one who isn't a thieving adventurer and dishonest chancer. Tom's granddad was like that, but has just died. Tom's uncle tends that way – and even Tom himself learnt the benefits of such a life in the [[Island of Thieves by Josh Lacey|first book in the series]]. With the passing of the granddad, Tom is alone in the empty house when a desperate burglar implies a family secret is worth a lot of money – which leads to Tom and Uncle Harvey disappearing tout suite to India on the trail of treasure. Out of eight gem-encrusted tiger statuettes, seven have been bought by the same oligarch – but the eighth was hidden by one of Tom's ancestors, and might be there still, and they might be first to the priceless object – but they are not the only people on the treasure hunt…
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849394547</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Chris Riddell