The Lying Postman

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The Lying Postman- 2005 (Post 213)

The Lying Postman is the fourth story in the Jack Russell: Dog Detective series. This one finds Jack involved in a false accusation that could have his mate Foxie in serious trouble...

Dogs are dogs, and postmen are postmen. Dogs always bark at postmen. Jack and Foxie know that, but the new postman doesn't seem to understand. In no time he has accused the Doggeroo dogs of attacking him. Things are getting serious and Jack soon realises there's a new dog in town. Is the secretive Ralf Boxer behind the postman problem? Can Lord Red stay out of trouble? Will Jack solve the case? You bet!

The Lying Postman is available as an audio book from Bolinda Audio Books. The UK edition is called "Beware of the Postman", and French Canadian children read about "Le facteur menteur".

This story started out with the title "Postman's Knock" but it was soon pretty obvious the game wouldn't fit the name--so to speak, so we changed it. Actually, the UK title, which we didn't think of, is pretty apt. On other matters, Ralf Boxer's name is a bit of a double joke. "Ralf" comes from "Rafe" meaning "wolf", and also sounds like a dog's bark. Boxer is another dog breed, and Jack assumes he is a boxer... But he's not. Incidentally, Ralf is voiced in an amusing fashion (which again we hadn't thought of) in the audio book.

Throughout the Jack Russell series, we kept to things that could legitimately concern dogs and tried to look at matters from a dog's point of view. Having Jack Russell Terriers ourselves made this a lot easier.

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Sally is Sally Odgers; author, manuscript assessor, editor, anthologist and reader. She runs http://www.affordablemanuscriptassessments.com and Prints Charming Books. (Sally is me, by the way, and I am lots of other things too, but these are the relevant ones for now.)

The goal for 2017 is to write a post a day profiling the background behind one of my books; how it came to be written, what it's about, and any things of note that happened along the way. If you're an author, an aspiring author, a reader or just someone who enjoys windows into worlds, you might find this fun. The books are not in any special order, but will be assigned approximate dates, and pictures, where they exist. If you enjoyed a post, or want to ask about any of my books or my manuscript assessment service.