Ken took after the fugitive, with
Sandy at his heels
News reporter Ken Holt and his photographer friend, Sandy Allen, are
vacationing in southern Europe. True-born newsment that they are, things just happen when they're around
Minutes after they view the invaluable Knossos cylinder––the Golden Key to the
language of the ancient Cretans––this prize artifact is stolen from the Athens Museum. What can they do? Nothing, Ken and Sandy
decide. They're just tourists in Greece––strangers in a strange country where they don't know the language.
But before twenty-four hours have passed, the boys find themselves involved
in this bizarre mystery. A suspicious-acting peddler sells them a Turkish scimitar. A newspaper clipping about the daring theft of the
artifact mysteriously vanishes. A bossy American librarian has an odd acquaintance. And a friend from Athens flees when he sights
them in the ancient city of Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia.
Unraveling the clues to a weirdly complex international gang takes as much
brainwork as bravery. But the Golden Key is worth the effort. And, of course, there's a front-page story in it for the young newsmen.
