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A to Z mysteries. Main series

Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940
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1. The absent author

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
1.
Average Rating:
3 stars
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Description:
Dink Duncan and his two friends investigate the apparent kidnapping of famous mystery author Wallis Wallace.

2. The bald bandit

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
2.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Formats:
Book, Braille, OverDrive eBook
Description:
Third-grader Dink and his detective friends hope to receive a big reward by finding the person whose video recorder picked up a picture of the local bank robber.

3. The canary caper

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
3.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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Description:
Dink and his friends investigate why pets, like Mrs. Davis's canary, Mozart, are mysteriously disappearing all over town.

4. The deadly dungeon

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
4.
Average Rating:
3 stars
Formats:
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Description:
While visiting Wallis's castle, Dink and his friends investigate strange noises that lead them to a dangerous secret.

5. The empty envelope

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
5.
Average Rating:
3 stars
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eBook
Description:
Dink and his friends unearth the mysterious truth behind the envelopes incorrectly delivered to his house.

6. The falcon's feathers

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
6.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Formats:
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Description:
Josh and his two friends look for the person who stole a peregrine falcon from its nest.

7. The goose's gold: an A to Z mystery

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
7.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eBook
Description:
When Ruth Rose and her friends, vacationing in Florida, discover that her grandmother is about to invest in a project to recover sunken treasure, they stumble upon evidence that the entire plan may be a fraud.

8. The haunted hotel

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
8.
Average Rating:
3 stars
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Book, OverDrive eBook
Description:
When the guests of the Shangri-La Hotel are scared away by a white-haired female ghost, Dink and his friends investigate the mystery.

9. The invisible island

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
9.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Description:
While picnicking on Squaw Island, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose find a hundred dollar bill, and when they return to explore further they find an entire cave full of money.

10. The jaguar's jewel

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
10.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Description:
Dink and his friends use their detective skills to locate a giant emerald missing from a statue delivered to Uncle Warren's museum in New York City.

11. The kidnapped king

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
11.
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Description:
Dink and his friends meet an exchange student, Sammi, who is actually the prince of an island country, hiding from those enemies who have kidnapped his parents and who may be after him as well.

12. The lucky lottery

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
12.
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Description:
Dink and his two friends help Lucky find the culprit who stole Lucky's winning lottery ticket.

13. The missing mummy

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
13.
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Description:
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help catch the thieves who have stolen the treasure from the museum's mummy exhibit.

14. The ninth nugget

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
14.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Description:
When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit a dude ranch in Montana, they find themselves with another mystery to solve, this one involving the theft of money from the ranch's safe and of a large gold nugget that Josh had found.

15. The orange outlaw

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
15.
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Description:
While visiting Dink's uncle in New York City, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help uncover who is responsible for stealing a very valuable painting.

16. The panda puzzle

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
16.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Description:
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the kidnapping of the new baby panda at the petting zoo.

17. The quicksand question

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
17.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Description:
When someone steals the money the town has been collecting to help the ducks, Josh and his friends try to find the thief.

18. The runaway racehorse

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
18.
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Description:
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the disappearance of a valuable racehorse that Dink's uncle and his friend, Forest Evans, have just bought and entered in a race at Saratoga.

19. The school skeleton

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
19.
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Description:
At Green Lawn Elementary, the entire school becomes involved in a mystery when Mr. Bones, the skeleton in the nurse's office, disappears.

20. The talking T. Rex

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
20.
Average Rating:
3 stars
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Description:
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the theft of a great deal of money from the belly of a nearly life-size Tyrannosaurus Rex model that their friend, Jud Wheat, is using to raise money for a dinosaur museum.

21. The unwilling umpire

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
21.
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Description:
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.

22. The vampire's vacation

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
22.
Average Rating:
3 stars
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Description:
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate a mysterious man in black who Josh believes is a vampire.

23. The white wolf

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
23.
Average Rating:
3 stars
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Description:
While visiting their friend Wallis and her adopted daughter on Mount Desert Island, Maine, Josh, Dink, and Ruth Rose investigate why three white wolf cubs were stolen, and by whom.

24. The x'ed-out x-ray

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
24.
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Description:
Ruth Rose, Josh, and Dink attend a concert during which someone steals the star's diamond pendant, and they are soon on the trail of the thief.

25. The yellow yacht

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
25.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Description:
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help catch the thieves who have stolen gold from Sammi's parents, the king and queen of Costra.

26. The zombie zone

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Author:
Roy, Ron, 1940-
Series Volume:
26.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Description:
Reports of zombies and grave-robbers alarm the people of a Louisiana swampland village, but Ruth Rose, Josh, and Dink begin to suspect that the supernatural may not be the cause of the eerie occurrences.