Gurney, John Steven 1962-

Overview

Works:	282 works in 904 publications in 2 languages and 137,574 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Juvenile works Detective and mystery fiction Ghost stories Braille books
Roles:	Illustrator, Author
Classifications:	PZ7.R8139, FIC

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works by John Steven Gurney

The absent author by Ron Roy( Book )

12 editions published between 1997 and 2009 in English and held by 2,300 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dink Duncan and his two friends investigate the apparent kidnapping of famous mystery author Wallis Wallace

The deadly dungeon by Ron Roy( Book )

16 editions published between 1998 and 2015 in English and Italian and held by 2,258 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

While visiting Wallis's castle, Dink and his friends investigate strange noises that lead them to a dangerous secret

The bald bandit by Ron Roy( Book )

13 editions published between 1997 and 2009 in English and held by 2,255 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

The canary caper by Ron Roy( Book )

15 editions published between 1997 and 1998 in English and held by 2,242 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dink and his friends investigate why pets, like Mrs. Davis's canary, Mozart, are mysteriously disappearing all over town

The falcon's feathers by Ron Roy( Book )

13 editions published between 1998 and 2015 in English and held by 2,147 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Josh and his two friends look for the person who stole a peregrine falcon from its nest

The empty envelope by Ron Roy( Book )

12 editions published between 1998 and 2009 in English and held by 2,135 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dink and his friends unearth the mysterious truth behind the envelopes incorrectly delivered to his house

The jaguar's jewel by Ron Roy( Book )

10 editions published between 2000 and 2009 in English and Italian and held by 2,088 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

The invisible island by Ron Roy( Book )

17 editions published between 1999 and 2015 in English and Italian and held by 2,081 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

The missing mummy by Ron Roy( Book )

12 editions published between 2001 and 2015 in English and Italian and held by 2,048 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help catch the thieves who have stolen the treasure from the museum's mummy exhibit

The runaway racehorse by Ron Roy( Book )

12 editions published between 2002 and 2009 in English and held by 2,028 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

The school skeleton by Ron Roy( Book )

13 editions published between 2003 and 2006 in English and Italian and held by 1,995 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Green Lawn Elementary becomes involved in a mystery when Mr. Bones, the skeleton in the nurse's office, disappears

The talking T. Rex by Ron Roy( Book )

7 editions published between 2003 and 2007 in English and held by 1,980 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

The haunted hotel by Ron Roy( Book )

8 editions published between 1999 and 2015 in English and held by 1,975 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When the guests of the Shangri-La Hotel are scared away by a white-haired female ghost, Dink and his friends investigate the mystery

The lucky lottery by Ron Roy( Book )

8 editions published between 2000 and 2015 in English and held by 1,974 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dink and his two friends help Lucky find the culprit who stole Lucky's winning lottery ticket

The kidnapped king by Ron Roy( Book )

8 editions published between 2000 and 2009 in English and held by 1,940 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

The panda puzzle by Ron Roy( Book )

9 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in English and held by 1,912 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the kidnapping of the new baby panda at the petting zoo

The ninth nugget by Ron Roy( Book )

7 editions published between 2001 and 2009 in English and Italian and held by 1,904 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

The goose's gold by Ron Roy( Book )

13 editions published between 1997 and 2015 in English and Italian and held by 1,889 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When Ruth Rose and her friends, vacationing in Florda, 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

The zombie zone by Ron Roy( Book )

8 editions published between 2005 and 2009 in English and Italian and held by 1,883 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

The orange outlaw by Ron Roy( Book )

11 editions published between 2001 and 2015 in English and held by 1,882 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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