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  About the Author

  Ron Roy has been writing books for children since 1974. He is the author of dozens of books, including the bestselling A to Z Mysteries and Capital Mysteries. He lives in a quiet part of Connecticut. When not working on a new book, Ron likes to teach his dog tricks, play poker with friends, travel, and read thrilling mystery books. You can visit Ron on his Web site at www.ronroy.com.

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

  Text copyright © 2007 by Ron Roy

  Illustrations copyright © 2007 by Timothy Bush

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Roy, Ron.

  Mystery at the Washington Monument / by Ron Roy ; illustrated by Timothy

  Bush. — 1st ed.

  p. cm. — (Capital mysteries ; 8)

  “Stepping Stone book.”

  SUMMARY: When KC and Marshall see lights flickering at night in the Washington Monument, their investigation turns up a monkey, a hole in one of the monument stones, and a hundred-year-old mystery.

  eISBN: 978-0-307-49696-6

  [1. Monkeys—Fiction. 2. Stealing—Fiction. 3. Washington (D.C.)—Fiction. 4. Mystery and detective stories.] I. Bush, Timothy ill. II. Title.

  PZ7.R8139Mys 2007 [E]—dc22 2006029616

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