''Capital Mysteries'' is a series of
mystery novels for young readers written by Ron Roy. It was inaugurated in 2001 with ''Who Cloned the President?'', illustrated by Liza Woodruff and published by Golden Books. Beginning with the third volume in 2003 it was illustrated by Timothy Bush and published by Random House.
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The books follow the adventures of child ]detectives
A detective is an investigator, usually a member of a law enforcement agency. They often collect information to solve crimes by talking to witnesses and informants, collecting physical evidence, or searching records in databases. This leads the ...
KC Corcoran and Marshall Li, who are best friends and spend much of their time solving mysteries around the monuments of Washington D.C.
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KC's mother marries the fictional President Zachary Thornton in volume 4 so that KC becomes the "First Daughter" from volume 5 onward. The marriage gives both junior detectives access to the White House
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and other monuments when solving cases.
Books
Random House acquired the book publishing rights of Golden Books Family Entertainment in a deal agreed on August 15, 2001.[Kirkpatrick, David D. (August 16, 2001)]
"2 Companies Pay $84 Million for Golden Books"
''The New York Times''. Retrieved 2014-04-06. Evidently it continued publication under the Golden Books name at least to some time in 2002.[ Random House editions of books 1–2 were published in 2003.
* ''Who Cloned the President'' (]Golden Books *Western Publishing (1907−2001) — , magazines, and {{C, Children's book publishers, children's books publisher, formerly based in Racine, Wisconsin
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, 2001), illustrated by Liza Woodruff["Who cloned the President?"]
LCC. Retrieved 2014-04-06. "Road to reading. Mile 5"
* ''Kidnapped at the Capital'' (Golden, 2002), illus. Liza Woodruff["Kidnapped at the Capital"]
Library of Congress Catalog Record (LCC). Retrieved 2014-04-06. "Road to Reading. Mile 5"; Capital mysteries 2.
* ''The Skeleton in the Smithsonian'' (Random House
Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1927 by businessmen Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer as an imprint of Modern Library, it quickly overtook Modern Library as the parent imprint. Over the foll ...
, 2003), illus. Timothy Bush["The skeleton in the Smithsonian"]
LCC. Retrieved 2014-04-06. "A Stepping Stone Book"; Capital mysteries 3.
*''A Spy in the White House'' (2004)
*''Who Broke Lincoln's Thumb?'' (2005)
*''Fireworks at the FBI'' (2006)
*''Trouble at the Treasury'' (2006)
*''Mystery at the Washington Monument'' (2007)
*''A Thief at the National Zoo'' (2008)
*''The Election Day Disaster'' (2009)
*''The Secret at Jefferson's Mansion'' (2009)
*''The Ghost at Camp David'' (2010)
*''Trapped on the DC Train'' (2011)
* ''Turkey Trouble on the National Mall'' (Random, 2012), illus. Timothy Bush["Turkey trouble on the National Mall"]
LCC. Retrieved 2014-04-06. "A Stepping Stone Book"; Capital mysteries 14.
A to Z Mysteries
KC and Marshall team up with the A-to-Z junior detectives Donald David "Dink" Duncan, Josh Pinto, and Ruth Rose Hathaway in ''White House White-Out'' (Random House, 2008), volume 3 of A to Z Mysteries: Super Edition written by Ron Roy and illustrated by John Steven Gurney.
References
External links
Kids Reads Newsletter, April 2005
– directory linked to "our interview with Ron Roy and our feature about the A TO Z Mysteries" (not available April 2014)
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A to Z Mysteries
at Kids Read (directory archived 2011-11-06) – with linked Author Information, Interview (April 25, 2005), and more
Ron Roy
(official)
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* (1998–present)
* {{LCAuth, n92112618, Timothy Bush, 24} (1993–2011)
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