THE SECRET OF SKELETON ISLAND (A Ken Holt Mystery). Bruce Campbell, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York, 1949.
 
Juvenile Fiction - Mystery
Book #1; The Ken Holt Mystery Stories
Vintage from the 1940s
 
When Richard Holt, Ken Holt’s father, doesn’t return home as planned the young man travels to New York to find him. He is kidnapped along the way, escapes and is helped by the Allen family, owners of the Brentwood Advance newspaper. Sandy Allen helps Ken investigate Mr. Holt’s disappearance.
 
Hardcover with green front center art piece, green spine title and green endpapers. Secure binding with clean pages and a lightly soil rubbed cover. About 7-1/2 x 5 with 214 pages.