#ron roy

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

Have you read The Absent Author by Ron Roy (1997)?

yes

no

I didn't finish it

I've never heard of it

Voting ended onJul 8

[specificpollsaboutbooks]

Favorite Book Trios

Round 1

Donald David "Dink" Duncan, Josh Pinto and Ruth Rose Hathaway (A to Z Mysteries) VS John Gaius, Mercymorn and Augustine (The Locked Tomb)

Dink, Josh and Ruth Rose

John Gaius, Mercymorn and Augustine

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Voting ended onMar 11

NO ANTIPROPAGANDA PLEASE

[that-bi-fan]

had a dream that tumblr had gotten ahold of some old storyboard art of a scrapped Dwampyverse show, which was really just an adaptation of Ron Roy's A-Z Mysteries. but for some reason, nobody could tell what it actually was, so it was mainly tagged "Dwampyverse greentext storyboards", because all of the clean-up notes were written in green pen/typed in a green font.

[book--brackets]

Round 1, Poll 6: Captain Underpants vs A to Z Mysteries

Vote!

Captain Underpants

A to Z Mysteries

Voting ended onMay 25, 2023

[my90smemories]

I used to get random letters in the mail, I guess it was something the agency did for adopted kids. Anyway I remember them sending me a booklet of these Ron Roy mystery books… I never got them but a couple years back while working I was looking in the Toys 4 Tots box at work & seen that someone put these books in; Which refreshed my memory. (1997)

[specificpollsaboutbooks]

Detective series

Round 1

Rivers of London (Ben Aaronovitch) VS A to Z Mysteries (Ron Roy)

Rivers of London

A to Z Mysteries

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Voting ended onDec 9, 2025

Propaganda under the cut

Rivers of London :

Peter Grant (and Thomas Nightingale) investigates in London, England.

"It's a really cool urban fantasy that combines the history of police in London and magic and mythology with a determinedly practical detective who essentially goes, "Okay, so ghosts are real. How do I document the statement I just took from one?"

quote:

"Sometimes I wonder whether, if I’d been the one that went for coffee and not Lesley May, my life would have been much less interesting and certainly much less dangerous. Could it have been anyone, or was it destiny? When I’m considering this I find it helpful to quote the wisdom of my father, who once told me, ‘Who knows why the fuck anything happens?’"

A to Z Mysteries :

Donald David "Dink" Duncan, Josh Pinto and Ruth Rose Hathaway investigate in Green Lawn, Connecticut in the US.

"There are 26 books in the series, one for each letter, and lived in alliteration."

[picturebookshelf]

A to Z Mysteries: The Quicksand Question (2002)

Story: Ron Roy -- Art: John Steven Gurney

[picturebookshelf]

A to Z Mysteries: The X'ed-Out X-Ray (2005)

Story: Ron Roy -- Art: John Steven Gurney