Blotto, Twinks and the Conquistadors' Gold

''A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans'' P. D. James

''Murder most enjoyable'' Colin Dexter

The two aristocratic siblings Blotto and Twinks are once again launched into another death-defying adventure, this time in the civil war-torn republic of Jalapeno, in Mexico. But how did they ever get to such a foreign and distant land in the first place?

For Twinks it was an easy decision - to escape her mother''s match-making attempts she sets out to visit her old friend, Begonia Guiteras, who lives in Jalapeno, which is fortuitously on the doorstep of an Aztec dig Twinks wants to work on. Unfortunately, her visit coincides with the War for Jalapeno Independence, headed by Colonel Henriquez Guiteras, Begonia''s father.

At the same time, Twinks''s excavation of the Aztec site is revealing the exciting prospect of a hoard of Conquistadors'' gold - but will taking it away from the burial ground unleash the dreaded Curse of Attatotalloss?
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