A to Z Mysteries Books In Order
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Detective Camp | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Mayflower Treasure Hunt | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
White House White-out | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Sleepy Hollow Sleepover | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The New Year Dragon Dilemma | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Castle Crime | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Operation Orca | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Secret Admirer | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
April Fools' Fiasco | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Colossal Fossil | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Grand Canyon Grab | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Space Shuttle Scam | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Crime in the Crypt | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Leopard on the Loose | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
A-Z Mysteries series by Ron Roy
Author Ron Roy pens the “A-Z Mysteries” series of children’s chapter books. The series began publication in the year with the release of “The Absent Author” which was released in the year 1997. Ron got to the end of the alphabet with “The Zombie Zone”, which is the 26th and final book of the series and was released in the year 2005.
The series is linked to Roy’s other series, the “Calendar Mysteries” series. It stars Dink Duncan, Ruth Rose Hathaway, and Josh Pinto. They are smart kids that solve mysteries and crimes, and are third graders who live close to one another. The kids live in Green Lawn, Connecticut, a tiny town. The kids have pets, parents, and hobbies, however they love a good mystery more than anything else in the entire world.
After writing “The Absent Author”, he just knew he wanted to pen more stories about Josh, Ruth Rose, and Dink. He saw those two A’s in the title and thought about having two B’s and then two C’s for the sequels. So he started working on the Bald Bandit and the Canary Caper. From here the A to Z Mysteries were born!
“The Absent Author” is the first novel in the “A-Z Mysteries” series and was released in the year 1997. Dink writes to Wallis Wallace (his favorite author and mystery writer), and he invites him to visit Green Lawn. To Dink’s amazement, Wallace agrees to come. However when the big day comes, Wallace isn’t anywhere to be found.
The cops just think he missed his flight, but Dink suspects some foul play. It is up to Dink and Ruth Rose and Josh (his two best friends) to locate this famous writer, before it’s too late.
“The Bald Bandit” is the second novel in the “A-Z Mysteries” series and was released in the year 1997. The Green Lawn Savings Bank’s just been robbed! A private detective comes up to Dink’s door trying to find the child that got video of the crime, Dink and his buddies volunteer to locate him.
After all, there is a reward involved. However tracking down a red-headed child ain’t so easy, particularly if he does not wish to be found. Could the trio find this kid, and his videotape, before the bandit does?
“The Canary Caper” is the third novel in the “A-Z Mysteries” series and was released in the year 1998. Ruth Rose, Dink, and Josh get an urgent call from one Mrs. Davis. Her canary’s gone missing! The little bird disappeared without a trace, and he isn’t the only one. Two other pets also went missing.
The kids suspect this one pet-napper. Now that Tiger, Ruth Rose’s kitty, wound up missing as well, it has become personal!
“The Deadly Dungeon” is the fourth novel in the “A-Z Mysteries” series and was released in the year 1998. Wallis Wallace has invited Dink, Ruth Rose, and Josh for a sleepover. In a haunted castle!
But just as quickly as the young detectives show up, they begin hearing screams behind the halls. Are they going to find out who, or rather what, is haunting Moose Manor?
“The Empty Envelope” is the fifth novel in the “A-Z Mysteries” series and was released in the year 1998. Dink continues to get envelopes in the mail addressed to “D. Duncan”. However the letters inside all begin with “Dear Doris” and they don’t make any sense at all!
Josh and Ruth Rose believe that somebody’s playing a trick on Dink. However Dink believes that there’s more to it than just that, particularly after Doris herself arrives, demanding her letters!
“The Falcon’s Feathers” is the sixth novel in the “A-Z Mysteries” series and was released in the year 1998. Josh finds a nest of young falcons out in the forest, he, Ruth Rose, and Dink begin visiting every day. Until the morning comes that they find it empty!
Then the children find a wounded falcon that’s had its wing feathers clipped, and they are sure that somebody’s up to nothing good. Could they figure out what is happening before it is too late to save these birds?
“The Goose’s Gold” is the seventh novel in the “A-Z Mysteries” series and was released in the year 1998. Sand, sun, and sunken treasure? That is what Ruth Rose, Dink, and Josh find when they go off on a vacation in Florida. This old ship’s been found right off the coast, and it is filled with gold!
A couple of divers are collecting some donations so the loot can be brought up. They promise to share what they find, however could this be too good to be true? It is up to Dink and his buddies to get to the bottom of things!
“The Haunted Hotel” is the eighth novel in the “A-Z Mysteries” series and was released in the year 1999. One ghostly guest has just checked into the Shangri-la Hotel! It is close to Halloween and there are reports of odd sounds and even stranger sights being seen from Green Lawn’s one hotel.
Hotel guests and neighbors are being scared away, and Ruth Rose, Dink, and Josh must figure out what is going on. Before Green Lawn into a ghost town.
“The Invisible Island” is the ninth novel in the “A-Z Mysteries” series and was released in the year 1999. Ruth Rose, Josh, and Dink picnic on Squaw Island and find a hundred dollar bill. When they go back to explore, they find this entire cave just filled with money.
“The Jaguar’s Jewel” is the tenth novel in the “A-Z Mysteries” series and was released in the year 2000. Dink, Ruth Rose, and Josh visit New York City! Dink’s uncle works as a curator at a museum with a dazzling new treasure. It is a statue of a jaguar that cradles an emerald between its front paws.
However, when he learned the emerald was replaced with a fake, Dink’s uncle is the prime suspect. He will go right to jail if Ruth Rose, Josh, and Dink cannot catch the real thief!
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