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City of the Dead

City Spies, Book 4

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City of the Dead

By: James Ponti
Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
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In this fourth installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies go codebreaking in Cairo in another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls.

Codename Kathmandu, better known as Kat, loves logic and order, has a favorite eight-digit number, and can spot a pattern from a mile away. So when a series of cyberattacks hits key locations in London while the spies are testing security for the British Museum, it’s clear that Kat’s skill for finding reason in what seems like randomness makes her the perfect candidate to lead the job.

And while the team follows the deciphered messages to Egypt and the ancient City of the Dead to discover who is behind the attacks and why, Kat soon realizes that there’s another layer to the mystery.

With more players, more clues, and involving higher levels of British Intelligence than ever before, this mission is one of the most complex that the group has faced to date. And it’s also going to bring about a change to the City Spies…

©2023 James Ponti (P)2023 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved. Family Life Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Mysteries Mystery & Suspense Thrillers & Suspense Fiction Middle East Espionage Suspense
Engaging Storyline • Well-developed Characters • Thrilling Plot • Emotional Depth • Suspenseful Cliffhanger
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It is a good book because it has big things that you don’t see coming!

Most amazing book ever!I Love the authors way of making feel like I am watching the things unfold!

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i listened to it every night until i finished it and it was awesome story

AWSOME STORY

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This story is very well made a captures, the action, the emotion and the story overall in an incredible way that what makes you want to not stop reading and get to the next chapter to see what happens next overall very well-made in the story is fascinating curious and heartfelt.

The way that you can feel like you’re in the story is incredible

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I don’t have favorites in this series. Each book holds a dynamic problem with probable positive outcomes yet believable to solve. The adults and the kids in this series are believable through each book. Lisa Flanagan is a wonderful narrator. Thank you James Ponti!!

City Spies. Perfect spy book for all ages.

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I believe this City Spies novel did not live up to the previous three books in the series. Ponti’s work lacked the intense intrigue and detailed character development I have come to love (and expect). We do watch Kat grow in confidence, but at the exclusion of the other spies. The addition of Mother’s son Robert needed more depth, as did the relationship between Robert and Clementine. Also, the book seemed shorter and more slap-dash than the previous three, as if Ponti were furiously working under a looming deadline. I will say that Ponti has once again done his homework, interweaving facts and knowledge about Cairo and surrounding areas. Overall, though, the result was a somewhat vanilla entry in the series. I look forward to a more action-packed next book, especially given the major cliffhanger delivered at the book’s end. One more note: The narrator once again does an impeccable job voicing all these characters and the situations in which they find themselves. Don’t pass on this book, but don’t expect the same high quality as the others.

Somewhat of a letdown

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I can’t wait for the next book! Ponti is a great author for late elementary and above!

Great series!

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Book three is ten times better. It’s just sad that there isn’t enough of actual plot that there was a need to introduce Robert/Cairo.

Ehh…

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We don’t want to have to wait for the next !!! So good. And we learned a lot about Egypt.

Love these books!

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Another amazing story with amazing performance. If I had 1 complaint is that I can't wait for Book 5 to come off after that cliffhanger ending!! LOVE the series and LOVED this book! Highly recommend to anyone of any age group.

Never fails! City Spies Always AMAZING!!

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I LIKED EVERYTHING. I LIKED EVERYTHING. I LIKED EVERYTHING. I LIKED EVERYTHING. I LIKED EVERYTHING. COOL FUNNY GOOD PLOT GREAT STORY

EVERYTHING

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