Most Popular Books by Ron Roy

Ron Roy is the author of The Deadly Dungeon (1999), The Absent Author (1999), Three Ducks Went Wandering (1979), A to Z Mysteries: The Orange Outlaw (2001), A to Z Mysteries: The Zombie Zone (2005).

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The Deadly Dungeon

by: Ron Roy
release date: Jan 01, 1999
The Deadly Dungeon
While visiting Wallis''s castle, Dink and his friends investigate strange noises that lead them to a dangerous secret.

The Absent Author

by: Ron Roy
release date: Dec 28, 1999
The Absent Author
A is for author.... Dink writes to his favorite author, mystery writer Wallis Wallace, and invites him to visit Green Lawn. To Dink''s amazement, Wallace says he''ll come! But when the big day arrives, Wallace is nowhere to be found. The police think he just missed his plane, but Dink suspects foul play. It''s up to Dink and his two best friends, Josh and Ruth Rose, to find the famous writer--before it''s too late! "From the Hardcover Library Binding edition.

Three Ducks Went Wandering

by: Ron Roy
Three Ducks Went Wandering
Blind luck protects three little ducks when they venture out of the barnyard.

A to Z Mysteries: The Orange Outlaw

by: Ron Roy
release date: Oct 23, 2001
A to Z Mysteries: The Orange Outlaw
Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! O is for Orange . . . An art thief is on the loose! Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are visiting Dink’s uncle Warren in New York City when a painting is stolen from his apartment. A trail of orange peels and an orange hair are the only clues. Can the kids catch this crafty—and hungry—crook?

A to Z Mysteries: The Zombie Zone

by: Ron Roy
release date: Apr 26, 2005
A to Z Mysteries: The Zombie Zone
Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z in this chapter book that''s perfect for Halloween! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! Z is for Zombie . . . There’s a zombie on the loose! When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit the Louisiana bayous, they meet a village with one spooky problem. Locals say a silver-haired zombie is digging up graves in the cemetery. Are the stories real? Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose will unearth the truth!

A to Z Mysteries: The Kidnapped King

by: Ron Roy
release date: Jun 27, 2000
A to Z Mysteries: The Kidnapped King
Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! K is for Kidnapped . . . The king and queen of Costra have been kidnapped. For his own safety, Prince Sammi comes to Green Lawn to hide out at Dink’s house. But then Sammi is captured, too! Who kidnapped the king and his family? It’s a royal mystery for Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose.

A to Z Mysteries: The White Wolf

by: Ron Roy
release date: Nov 23, 2004
A to Z Mysteries: The White Wolf
Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! W is for Wolf . . . Where could those wolves be? When the kids visit the Maine wilderness, they spot a white mother wolf and her babies on a cliff. But soon after that, the pups are stolen! Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose sniff out the culprits?

A to Z Mysteries: The School Skeleton

by: Ron Roy
release date: Jan 28, 2003
A to Z Mysteries: The School Skeleton
Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! S is for Skeleton . . . It’s a bona fide mystery at Dink’s school! Someone has stolen Mr. Bones, the skeleton from the nurse’s office. Soon mysterious clues start showing up all over the school. Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose must follow the clues and put those old bones to rest.

A to Z Mysteries: The Quicksand Question

by: Ron Roy
release date: May 28, 2002
A to Z Mysteries: The Quicksand Question
Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! Q is for Quicksand . . . Quack, quack—ducks crossing! Green Lawn is raising funds for a special bridge to keep ducks safe when they cross River Road. But then the money is stolen! Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are on a quest to get it back. Not even quicksand can stop them. . . .

A to Z Mysteries: The Bald Bandit

by: Ron Roy
release date: Sep 23, 1997
A to Z Mysteries: The Bald Bandit
Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! B is for Bandit . . . There’s a bank robber in Green Lawn! A red-haired kid took a video of the crime, but nobody can find him. Without the video, will the robber go free? Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose must track down that kid—before the bandit does!

Capital Mysteries #1: Who Cloned the President?

by: Ron Roy
release date: Apr 02, 2001
Capital Mysteries #1: Who Cloned the President?
From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for the election season! In the first book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.— KC Corcoran always watches the news. So it''s no surprise that she notices right away when the President of the United States starts acting funny on TV. He''s stiff and awkward. He''s even signing papers with the wrong hand. There''s only one explanation - the president has been cloned! And it''s up to KC and her best friend, Marshall, to save him. Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!

The Empty Envelope

by: Ron Roy
release date: Jan 01, 1998
The Empty Envelope
Dink and his friends unearth the mysterious truth behind the envelopes incorrectly delivered to his house.

Capital Mysteries #9: A Thief at the National Zoo

by: Ron Roy
release date: Dec 26, 2007
Capital Mysteries #9: A Thief at the National Zoo
From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for the election season! In the ninth book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—KC and Marshall are helping out with the baby tigers at the National Zoo when they meet a new friend, Sunwoo, from China. Sunwoo''s father is lending the zoo a precious jewel caled the Tiger''s Eye to raise money for endangered tigers. But during the zoo''s big party, the lights suddenly go out. And when they''re turned back on, the jewel is missing! Who stole the Tiger''s Eye? And how did someone sneak it out of a room with no windows and a guarded door? Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!

A to Z Mysteries: The Talking T. Rex

by: Ron Roy
release date: Jun 24, 2003
A to Z Mysteries: The Talking T. Rex
Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! T is for T. Rex . . . It’s the biggest mystery yet! The kids’ friend Jud brings a surprise to Green Lawn—a giant talking, moving T. rex statue! This touring T. rex will help raise funds for a dinosaur museum. But after the show, Jud’s money disappears. Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose track down the cash and solve this prehistoric pickle?

February Friend

by: Ron Roy
release date: Jan 01, 2009
February Friend
Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy follow clues to find whoever left a rabbit in their first-grade classroom on Valentine''s Day, because they are worried the rabbit will get sick and die of loneliness.

A to Z Mysteries: The Haunted Hotel

by: Ron Roy
release date: Jun 15, 1999
A to Z Mysteries: The Haunted Hotel
Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! There’s a ghost in Green Lawn! Strange sounds and even stranger sights are terrifying guests at the Shangri-la Hotel. More and more people are being scared away. Will Green Lawn turn into a ghost town? Or can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose stop this spook? Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look!

A to Z Mysteries: The Ninth Nugget

by: Ron Roy
release date: Jun 26, 2001
A to Z Mysteries: The Ninth Nugget
Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! N is for Nugget . . . Howdy from Montana, pardners! Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are spending a week at a dude ranch. When they pan for gold, Josh finds a huge nugget. But gold fever has struck, and soon the nugget is stolen. It’s up to the kids to round up the thief.

Capital Mysteries #6: Fireworks at the FBI

by: Ron Roy
release date: May 23, 2006
Capital Mysteries #6: Fireworks at the FBI
From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for the election season! In the sixth book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.— KC gets a front row seat to the Fourth of July festivities at the White House. What better place to be on the fourth than Washington, D.C.? But KC spots fireworks coming from a very peculiar place - the FBI building! Although the president thinks it was an accident, KC and her friend Marshall know better. They are sure those fireworks were covering up a clever crime! Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!

A to Z Mysteries: The Goose's Gold

by: Ron Roy
release date: Dec 29, 1998
A to Z Mysteries: The Goose's Gold
Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! G is for Gold . . . There’s sunken treasure off the Florida coast! On the day after they arrive for vacation, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose meet two men who are diving for gold from their boat, the Golden Goose. They promise to share with anyone who backs their plan. Is it too good to be true?

Calendar Mysteries #3: March Mischief

by: Ron Roy
release date: Jan 26, 2010
Calendar Mysteries #3: March Mischief
It''s a mystery every month from popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy! With the younger siblings of the A to Z Mysteries kids! March is for Madness... In the third book of the Calendar Mysteries - an early chapter book mystery series - it''s St. Patrick''s Day in Green Lawn. Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy dress up a leprechaun statue for the town''s yearly contest. They leave it out on the porch overnight, but the next morning, it''s missing! And theirs isn''t the only one. All over town, leprechauns are disappearing. Who is behind the mischief? It will take four kids and the luck of the Irish to find out. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who loves mysteries!

Calendar Mysteries #6: June Jam

by: Ron Roy
release date: Mar 22, 2011
Calendar Mysteries #6: June Jam
It''s a mystery every month from popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy! With the younger siblings of the A to Z Mysteries kids! June is for Jam... In the sixth book of the Calendar Mysteries - an early chapter book mystery series - Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy want to make homemade strawberry jam for Father''s Day. Unfortunately, it''s not as simple as it first seems. Some sneaky creature is taking bites of their strawberries. Polly the pony, Pal the dog, and Josh the older brother are all suspects. If the kids can''t protect the strawberry patch from the mystery chomper, they might be in a real jam! Parents, teachers, and Librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who loves mysteries!

The Castle Crime

by: Ron Roy
release date: Jan 01, 2014
The Castle Crime
While visiting London, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve a mystery and meet the Queen.

Capital Mysteries #7: Trouble at the Treasury

by: Ron Roy
release date: Dec 26, 2006
Capital Mysteries #7: Trouble at the Treasury
From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for the election season! In the seventh book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—KC and Marshall are thrilled to take a tour of the United States Treasury where stacks and stacks of money zip off the presses in the printing and engraving building, millions of dollars a day. But the friends find that a bundle of bills is missing. That''s a hundred thousand dollars - gone! How did the thief slip the money out past cameras, guards, and locked doors? KC has a suspect. She has a clue. Now she just needs to figure out how in the world it was done! Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!

A to Z Mysteries: The Yellow Yacht

by: Ron Roy
release date: Sep 02, 2009
A to Z Mysteries: The Yellow Yacht
Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! Y is for Yacht . . . There’s trouble in paradise! The kids are having a great time swimming, snorkeling, and soaking up the sun in Costra. But the fun is cut short when there’s a robbery on the island. Is the heist connected to a mysterious yacht docked nearby? It’s up to Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose to find out.

Detective Camp

by: Ron Roy
release date: Jan 01, 2006
Detective Camp
Hile learning detective skills at a sleep-away camp, Dink and his friends undercover a real mystery involving stolen paintings.

The Canary Caper

by: Ron Roy
release date: Jan 01, 1998
The Canary Caper
Dink and his friends investigate why pets are disappearing all over town.

A to Z Mysteries: The Lucky Lottery

by: Ron Roy
release date: Jul 22, 2009
A to Z Mysteries: The Lucky Lottery
Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! L is for Lucky . . . Lucky O’Leary has never been lucky—until his grandfather sends him a winning lottery ticket! But before Lucky can collect the cash, someone steals the ticket. Has Lucky’s luck run out for good? Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose take a chance on this unlucky mystery.

A to Z Mysteries: The Invisible Island

by: Ron Roy
release date: Oct 12, 1999
A to Z Mysteries: The Invisible Island
Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! I is for Island . . . It’s picnic time! Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose pack up a basket and wade out to Squall Island. Right away, they find a hundred-dollar bill in the sand! But when they come back the next day, the entire island has mysteriously disappeared. What is the secret of Squall Island?

The Skeleton in the Smithsonian

by: Ron Roy
release date: Jan 01, 2003
The Skeleton in the Smithsonian
When Leonard Fisher claims to be the long-lost heir to the Smithsonian fortune, KC and Marshall set out to prove that he is a phony.

A to Z Mysteries: The Jaguar's Jewel

by: Ron Roy
release date: Feb 22, 2000
A to Z Mysteries: The Jaguar's Jewel
Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! J is for Jewel . . . New York is the emerald city! Dink’s uncle’s museum there has a new treasure—a golden jaguar statue with an emerald between its paws. But someone swaps the jewel for a fake! Who stole the jaguar’s jewel? Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are sure to find out!

Sleepy Hollow Sleepover

by: Ron Roy
release date: Jan 01, 2010
Sleepy Hollow Sleepover
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit Sleepy Hollow, New York, for Halloween, but unplanned spooky things make them wonder if a real headless horseman exists.

The Unwilling Umpire

by: Ron Roy
release date: Jan 01, 2004
The Unwilling Umpire
When the umpire at the baseball game fundraiser is accused of stealing a collection of autographed baseballs, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose try to prove his innocence.

Where's Buddy?

by: Ron Roy
Where's Buddy?
When Mike realizes that his diabetic brother, Buddy, is lost and doesn''t have his medication with him, he begins a desperate race with time to find Buddy before it''s too late.

Who Broke Lincoln's Thumb?

by: Ron Roy
release date: Dec 27, 2005
Who Broke Lincoln's Thumb?
When they discover that one of the thumbs has been broken off the statue in the Lincoln Memorial, KC, and Marshall set out to learn what happened and restore the thumb before a ceremony honoring the sculptor. Capital Mysteries #5.

The Missing Mummy

by: Ron Roy
release date: Aug 01, 2008
The Missing Mummy
It¿s Mummy Monday at the museum and Dink, Josh and Ruth Rose are going to see a new Egyptian exhibit. It features a child mummy in an actual tomb! But then the mummy is stolen and the tomb robbed of its treasure! Includes grey-scale illustrations, book previews and author profile. Chapter Book: 10 chapters.
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