Lacey,
Josh. The
Sultan’s Tigers.
Houghton Mifflin/Harcourt Brace 2013 298p $16.99 ISBN 978-0-544-09645-5 ms Mystery/Detective VG-BN
The Sultan’s Tigers is the second volume in a quirky action adventure series about
young Tom Trelawney and his thieving Uncle Harvey as they embark on a new
globe-trotting adventure in India to recover family treasure. Tom and
Harvey are thrown together by a family funeral, during which Tom is still grounded for his
participation in the adventures of the previous volume, The Island of Thieves. Left alone in his
grandfather’s house while the rest of the family goes out to dinner, Tom is
roughed up by thieves searching for clues to a rajah’s golden treasure. The thieves flee when unexpectedly interrupted,
but continue to follow Tom and Harvey on their adventures.
The action-packed plot, with its unbelievable (but engaging) twists and interesting characters, results in a nonstop page-turner that will satisfy the expectations of readers looking for a fun swashbuckling tale filled with danger, treasure-hunting, and thieves, plus a small glimpse of India thrown in for spectacle. Tom hasn’t changed much since his last adventure. Unrepentant, amoral, and easy-going, he looks after himself while Harvey pursues a fling with an itinerant tourist. Too much action takes place for characters to be fully developed, but the banter between uncle and nephew is amusing. It is Lacey’s gift for humor that tempers the recurring violence throughout the book and keeps readers turning pages (although they may also be drawn by the lure of lost treasure and a string of unbelievable risks, coincidences, double-crosses and escapes).
The action-packed plot, with its unbelievable (but engaging) twists and interesting characters, results in a nonstop page-turner that will satisfy the expectations of readers looking for a fun swashbuckling tale filled with danger, treasure-hunting, and thieves, plus a small glimpse of India thrown in for spectacle. Tom hasn’t changed much since his last adventure. Unrepentant, amoral, and easy-going, he looks after himself while Harvey pursues a fling with an itinerant tourist. Too much action takes place for characters to be fully developed, but the banter between uncle and nephew is amusing. It is Lacey’s gift for humor that tempers the recurring violence throughout the book and keeps readers turning pages (although they may also be drawn by the lure of lost treasure and a string of unbelievable risks, coincidences, double-crosses and escapes).
Summary: Tom and his Uncle Harvey set off for India to find the family
treasure. But they are not the
only ones looking for it.
Adventure-Fiction --Hilary Welliver
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