The Phantom Mudder

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The Phantom Mudder- 2005 (Post 210)

The Phantom Mudder is the second story in the Jack Russell: Dog Detective series. This one finds Jack, Sarge, and Auntie Tidge settled comfortably in Doggeroo. Sarge and Auntie Tidge are throwing themselves into community pursuits, and Jack is busily doing what a dog detective does... doggedly detecting.

Jack and Foxie, now Auntie Tidge's devoted dog,  attend Doggeroo Dog Show with Sarge and Auntie Tidge. Straightaway Jack is paw-deep in a new mystery. Dogs are mysteriously ending up covered in mud just before their classes. The dogs all deny that they're doing it on purpose, so Jack sets out on the trail of the phantom mudder. Before he discovers the criminal, he has a close encounter with some scented pooch polish. It's amazing what a dog detective will do in the line of duty!

The Phantom Mudder is available as an audio book from Bolinda Audio Books. The UK edition is called "Muddy Mystery", and French Canadian children read about "Le Barbouilleur de Chiens". My co-author and I still find the concept of Jack exclaiming Allors! amusing.

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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.