Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are visiting Dink’s Uncle Warren in New York City when several paintings are stolen from his apartment building. Do the kids have enough clues to catch this crafty—and hungry—crook?
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"When they visit Dink's uncle there was a break in and some paintings were stolen. The culprit was an orangutang that learned from it's master how to steal. They catch the real culprit and the orangutang and the pony get good homes."
— Sara (5 out of 5 stars)
" I liked the book and felt like it is a good suspense mystery solving book for young readers. It gives good clues that you can follow along and have a good ideam, but leaves you douting its who you think it is. "
— Tammy, 8/20/2013" This book has a great mystery book! I think it is the best book ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "
— Kaylin, 6/27/2013" wasn't as great but i guess it was okay... "
— Sandha, 6/7/2013" My kids love trying to figure out these cute mysteries. I thought this one had a creative culprit. "
— Julie, 5/21/2013" Dink, Josh and Ruth Rose are visiting Dink's Uncle Warren in New York City. When a painting is stolen from his apartment, the trio is on the case. Our girls just love the A to Z Mysteries and we are working our way rapidly through the alphabet. "
— Dolly, 5/13/2013" When dink,josh,and Ruth rose go see dink's uncle's paintings .and when they get there his uncle's painting are gone all is left is a orange peel and orange piece of hair. "
— Sydney, 5/3/2013" My sons are turning into independent readers so we don't read together as much as we did. Sigh. The boys had this mystery solved within the first third of the book, but were still interested to see how the young sleuths proved it to the police. "
— Jessica, 12/8/2012" oh you would'nt expect this thief.none of the ''people'' are the suspects..... "
— Brenda, 8/6/2012" i did not like it "
— Elizabeth, 6/5/2012" I love these books they are good short storys that you can read in a day or two i would recomend it for 2nd or third graders "
— Morgan, 4/29/2012" My 7 year old told me this book was so good. I read it for him. I like this series perfect for 1-3rd graders. "
— Emily, 4/5/2012Ron Roy is the author of the popular A to Z Mysteries series, the Capital Mysteries series, and the Calendar Mysteries series, as well as several picture books. He lives in Connecticut.
David Pittu, a two-time Tony Award nominee, has narrated dozens of audiobooks, including Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch, which earned two prestigious Audie Awards for best narration. He has also won three Earphones Awards. Well-known for his work in theater, he has appeared off-Broadway in LoveMusik and Is He Dead, for which he received his Tony nominations, as well as Parade, for which he earned a National Broadway Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He is also a writer, member, and director of the Atlantic Theater company.