Cairo Jim

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Cairo Jim is a popular series of children's books by Australian author Geoffrey McSkimming. They have been described as "epic"^[1] and "imaginatively written",^[2] and compared to the Boy's Own Paper and the works of Agatha Christie.^[3]

There are currently 18 books in the series:

Cairo Jim on the Trail to ChaCha Muchos
Cairo Jim in Search of Martenarten
Jocelyn Osgood- After the Puce Empress
Cairo Jim and the Sunken Sarcophagus of Sekheret
Jocelyn Osgood and the Xylophones above Zarundi
Cairo Jim and the Alabastron of Forgotten Gods
Cairo Jim and the Quest for the Quetzal Queen
Jocelyn Osgood in Ascent into Asgard
Cairo Jim and the Secret Sepulchre of the Sphinx
Cairo Jim Amidst the Petticoats of Artemis
Cairo Jim and the Lagoon of Tidal Magnificence
Cairo Jim and the Tyrannical Bauble of Tiberius
Cairo Jim and the Chaos from Crete
Cairo Jim and the Rorting of Rameses' Regalia
Cairo Jim and Jocelyn Osgood in Bedlam from Bollywood
Cairo Jim and the Sumptuous Stash of Silenus
Cairo Jim at the Crossroads of Orpheus
Cairo Jim and the Astragals of Angkor

Additionally published is Cairo Jim's Bumper Book of Flabbergasting Fragments, a book of poems, short stories and puzzles for fans of the series.

The Cairo Jim and Jocelyn Osgood books are published in many different languages in the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Hungary, and New Zealand. They will soon also be published in Korea, Portugal and Japan.