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Jack Be Nimble Jack Be Dead: A Penny Preston Cozy Mystery (A Penny Preston Mystery Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Wendy Owens (Author), Amy Donnelly (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition

4.1 243 ratings

Book 1 of 3: A Penny Preston Mystery

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After a heated argument, the local dog catcher, Jack, is found dead in the back of Penny's animal shelter. Now she's the prime suspect and must enlist the help of her seamstress neighbor, Linda, and her chubby Dachshund, Piper, with whom she has a rather peculiar connection. Will Penny unveil the killer before she is left paying for a crime she didn’t commit?
***Updated editing as of May 6th, 2019

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06WVMGNKW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Four Bean Soup LLC; 1st edition (February 21, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 21, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 911 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 174 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 197978941X

Best Sellers Rank: #1,192,316 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,522 in Psychic Mysteries
- #7,800 in Private Investigator Mysteries (Kindle Store)
- #10,492 in Cozy Animal Mystery

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Wendy Owens
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Wendy Owens was born in the small college town, Oxford Ohio. After attending Miami University, Wendy went onto a career in the visual arts. After several years of creating and selling her own artwork she gave her first love, writing, a try.
When she's not writing, this dog lover can be found spending time with her tech geek husband, their three amazing kids, and three pups.
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Wendy Allen
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As an individual with anxiety and adhd coloring books and puzzles are very relaxing for me. This is what inspired me to create this side business of creating content that I would purchase for myself. I hope you enjoy these labors of love.
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Tari H.

Cuddly dogs and a killer stalking them, just a day at Half Day Coffee

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2017

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Penny Preston and her dachshund, Piper have an unusual psychic connection and it cones in handy lots of times. She and her friend/renter Linda have their hands full after discovering a body in the kennel area behind the coffeehouse Penny owns. Penny also rescues dogs so after finding the body and getting clues from Piper who with the rest of the dogs saw the murder, she and Linda set out to find the killer before he strikes again.

This was such a fun book and I love that my favorite dog, a dachshund, is featured as an actual character. It was a quick read and I didn't guess the killer until the author cleverly started the reveal. The take down was awesome (not spoiling, I'll just say yay for Piper) and the ending was really good. I can't wait to read the next one!

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Twisted

Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2020

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This story had some twists and turns for sure. Penny runs a coffee shop and finds a body in the back where she also has a dog rescue. She has a psychic connection to her dog and they can share thoughts. I felt like I had missed several steps in Penny’s story but since this is the first in the series, I guess I didn’t. Penny’s side-kick, Linda, has a big mouth and asks questions that she shouldn’t. I did figure out the plot before the end, although it was convoluted. There were times I didn’t like Penny very much because she has a smart mouth. All in all, though, I already have the second book so I will push on and hope Penny’s romance flourishes.

Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2018

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Nice quick easy read while riding in car on a road trip. I would recommend to anyone that enjoys a good cozy mystery.

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2017

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I absolutely love this book! It was such an easy read and kept me wanting more, the characters are relatable and so much fun! I've read all of Wendy's books and I know its not usually a seamless process for writers to switch up genres like she is doing but it seams that she is taking all of them by storm! Keep rocking in every area Wendy! I can't wait to see what's next for Penny, Linda and of course Deputy Handsome!

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Jack Be NimbleJack be Dead

Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2021

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Dog telepathic with owner. Two ladies sleuthing. A couple hot guys. Muffins with a no kill kennel. Just about ended up dead like Jack.

Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2018

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An enjoyable book filled with suspense and accusations caused by a murder at the local coffee shop. Sit back in you favorite chair with this book and take an adventuresome romp through Wyoming, Ohio in search of a murderer.

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2018

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The mystery is good. Her friend is a hyper crazy lady. Penny is drug through the whole thing. And sweet piper. But when you find out why...oh gross.

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2019

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I love the story which tells about Penny,her dog that talks to her,and her friend,Linda.They decide to find out who killed a man in the kennel behind Penny' s coffee shop.Lots of twist and turnd

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