Title: The absent author
Description: A is for author....  Dink writes to his favorite author, mystery writer Wallis Wallace, and invites him to visit Green Lawn. To Dink's amazement, Wallace says he'll come! But when the big day arrives, Wallace is nowhere to be found. The police think he just missed his plane, but Dink suspects foul play. It's up to Dink and his two best friends, Josh and Ruth Rose, to find the famous writer--before it's too late!  From the Trade Paperback edition.
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Mystery, Disguise, Kidnapping, Authors, Friendship, Mystery and detective stories, Mystery fiction