Roy J. Snell

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  • Bibliography:
    41 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1942
  • Latest Book:
    March 2021
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Book List in Order: 41 titles

  • Wings for Victory

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    “Wings for Victory” by Roy J. Snell is a historical fiction novel set during World War II. It follows the journey of Tom, a young man determined to become a pilot for the United States Army Air Forces. Despite numerous challenges and setbacks, To...

  • Norma Kent of the Wacs

    Strange and exciting. Yes, it had surely been all that. They had all been jumpy, nervous as colts, on the train from Chicago. If they were walking down the aisle and the train tipped, they had laughed loudly. They had been high-pitched, nervous laugh...

  • The Blue Envelope

    Younger readers with a love for the great outdoors will adore Roy Snell's The Blue Envelope, which is set in the wilds of Alaska. Plucky heroines Marion and Lucile are faced with danger and deprivation, but they still manage to come out on top, even ...

  • The Crimson Flash

    Ten-year-old twins Marjory and Margaret MacDonald may be wealthy beyond most people's wildest dreams, but that doesn't mean that they don't like to have fun, just like other kids their age. While attending the circus under the watchful eye of their p...

  • The Crimson Thread

    Late one night, Lucile Tucker comes face to face with a mysterious apparition. Just as she's convinced herself that it was nothing more than a figment of her imagination, she finds incontrovertible proof that the strange specter was real -- and may b...

  • The Cruise of the O Moo

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

  • Curlie Carson Listens in

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  • The Firebug

    Intrepid amateur sleuth Johnny Thompson takes a break from exploring in the jungles, forests, and other remote regions of the world to crack a case in the big city. In the novel The Firebug, Johnny is hot on the trail of an arsonist whose twisted obs...

  • Little White Fox and His Arctic Friends

    Little White Fox was very, very much worried, for something dreadful had happened, something he couldn't account for at all: Tdariuk, the reindeer, was dead! Tdariuk was not related to Little White Fox. And he wasn't a bit in the world like him. He w...



  • Lost in the Air

    Lost in the Air is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Roy ...

  • The Magic Curtain

    This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

  • Panther Eye

    Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have ende...

  • The Purple Flame

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  • The Red Lure

    After an exhausting series of adventures, hero Johnny Thompson has planned a little downtime to recuperate. But when a local shopkeeper tells him a tale about a legendary lure, Johnny finds that he can't think about anything else, so he sets off ...

  • The Secret Mark

    Lucile Tucker’s slim, tapered fingers trembled slightly as she rested them against a steel-framed bookcase. She had paused to steady her shaken nerves, to collect her wits, to determine what her next move should be. “Who can it be?” her madly t...

  • The Silent Alarm

  • Triple Spies

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  • White Fire

    Johnny Thompson started, then stared with dilated pupils at a spot on the aluminum casting before him. The spot, a jagged notch left by imperfect work in the foundry, turned first a dull red, then a bright red, then a glowing white. Mechanically his ...

  • Whispers at Dawn

    Fantastic as the happenings recorded in this book may at times seem, they are, nevertheless, a fairly exact recording of the feats of magic already accomplished by the electrical wizards of our time.Roy J. Snell....



  • The Galloping Ghost

    Star college football player Red Rodgers awakes one night to find that his life has been turned upside down. Who is to blame for this sudden turn of events? The intrepid amateur detective Johnny Thompson is on the case again in Roy Snell's fast-paced...

  • Mystery Wings

    After spending years traveling the globe righting wrongs, fighting for justice and solving mysteries, the intrepid detective Johnny Thompson seeks out the refuge of his family's ancestral home, hoping for a break from adventure. But before long, trou...

  • The Crystal Ball

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  • Red Dynamite

    Fast-paced football action, a cast of characters with gumption and derring-do, and an old mill that has suddenly resumed operations after years of inactivity -- Roy Snell's enticing mystery Red Dynamite will definitely capture and hold the attention ...

  • Hour of Enchantment

    This globetrotting mystery story geared to younger audiences begins when fearless heroine Florence Huyler happens to witness a nefarious deed. Her tireless search to bring the perpetrator to justice unfurls against the backdrop of the 1933 World's Fa...

  • The Shadow Passes

    Prize-fighter and thrill-seeker Johnny Thompson is at it again in this fast-paced action-adventure novel for younger readers from author Roy Snell. After a fellow traveler tells Johnny about his run-in with a strange creature or apparition or somethi...

  • Little White Fox and His Artic Friends

    Follow the adventures of a little Arctic fox and learn about his home and friends. A fun way for children to learn about the Arctic and some of the animals who live there. Little white fox is curious and loves to explore. Sometimes his curiosity gets...

  • Sign of the Green Arrow

    An undersea adventure from the Golden Age, this is a wonderful boys mystery story, or else a family story for all ages. Fun and easy to read, it is also filled with wonderful description that is a step above today's writing....

  • The Third Warning

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  • The Arrow of Fire

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  • A Ticket to Adventure

    In another of Roy Snell's beloved mysteries for younger readers, Mary Hughes and her cousin Florence Huyler -- along with several other family members -- are preparing to start a new life as pioneers in the wilds of Alaska. But hours before they're s...

  • Whispers at Dawn: Or, The Eye

    Amateur detective and all-around good guy Johnny Thompson has always relied on his athletic prowess and quick wits to help him crack the cases he stumbles across. But in this volume of the series, our hero gets a little help from some cool technologi...

  • Green Eyes

    It was night on Morton???s Bay. A bright half moon painted a path of silver over water as still as the night.At the very center of this narrow bay some dark object cast a shadow. This was a rowboat. It was painted black. The anchor lay in its prow. T...

  • Johnny Longbow

    Johnny Thompson is an amateur sleuth with an insatiable thirst for adventure. In this exciting mystery tale geared for younger readers, Johnny gets ample opportunity to show off his skills as a master archer in the dangerous wilds of northern Canada....

  • The Phantom Violin

    Younger readers won't be able to put down this exciting mystery from author Roy Snell. Florence Huyler, her best friend Jeanne, and a new companion, Greta Clara Bronson, have taken up residence in an abandoned ship. But before long, their peaceful ex...

  • Gypsy Flight

    Rosemary Sample is an airplane flight attendant on a flight to Salt Lake City. As she prepares for the flight, Rosemary meets a mysterious dark lady clutching a bag that she refuses to check. The flight encounters a snowstorm during the flight and is...

  • Witches Cove

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  • The Rope of Gold

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  • Candid Camera Detective and By Bursting Flash Bulbs

    A synthetic human and artificial intelligence named Melody Lane rises to holovision stardom, and with the aid of fellow synths and human scientists seeks revenge when her creator and true father is murdered by political conspirators....

  • The Hidden Trail

    The Hidden Trail (1924) is volume 7 in the Mystery Stories for Boys" series. Roy J. Snell authored more than 80 books aimed at teenage boys and girls over his long and prolific career, including the "Mystery Stories for Boys" series and t...



  • FORBIDDEN CARGOES

  • RIDDLE OF THE STORM

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Roy J. Snell has published 41 books.

Roy J. Snell does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, FORBIDDEN CARGOES, was published in March 2021.

The first book by Roy J. Snell, Wings for Victory, was published in January 1942.

No. Roy J. Snell does not write books in series.
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