The Bad Penny Mysteries
A Fantasy Mystery/Detective Series
Based on the case files of the Jasper, Street-Fighter,
and Me Detective Agency
Take on Retired Marine Major, who was both an MP and a dog
handler, and her Border Collie working dog, Jasper, who retired out with her. A
team that never lost a marine during two tours in Afghanistan, thanks to
Jasper’s amazing nose, and their unique ability to communicate with each other
mentally. Major Maggie Mackenzie, USMC Ret. Was allowed to retire early, along
with Jasper, to care for her father who
was diagnosed is ALS disease, under the caveat that she is subject to recall
for special operations.
Add in a feral cat, who can communicate with Jasper
mentally, and you have an amazing team, that not only can operate in total
silence, but one that most would not consider 3 member team, but instead look
at a Maggie and her two pets for their ability to communicate with each other is
known to two other people. Not even Senior Detective James Patterson of the
local police department, and Maggie’s life long friend knows of their secret.
The Bad Penny Mysteries are based on case files from the
Jasper, Street-Fighter, and Me Detective Agency. Each of the books in the
series, contains at least two case files, that have been rewritten from the
popular and highly rated Jasper, Street-Fighter, and Me series. The stories now
include the mental communications that take place between Maggie, Jasper, and
Street-Fighter, and also reveal how Jasper and Street-Fighter came to know each
other, and how they finagled Street-Fighters acceptance by Maggie as a new
member of not only the team but also of the family.
The team often finds themselves working with both the local
police department and Senior Detective Jim Patterson, the only man that, beside
her father, that Maggie, has ever let into her life, but has still never said
yes to, no matter how many times he asks. The other major person in her life is
her former Commanding Officer when she retired out of the Marines, Lieutenant
Colonel Jill Anderson, USMCR, who regulars job is as a Senior Special Agent for
the FBI, and head of the Baltimore Office. Jill is one of the two people that k’s
now of her ability to communicate with Jasper. She was also responsible for
coming up with the arrangements that allowed Maggie to retire out early and
take Jasper with her. Their time together in the Marines, had resulted in an
extremely close relationship, which they had managed to keep clandestine until
after the death of Maggie’s father when Maggie and Jasper moved in with Jill,
while Maggie delt with the loss of her father, with whom she had always been
close.
Three months later, Maggie moved back to the house that she
had grown up in, and after taking steps to ensure that her father’s business
would continue to operate, she decided to open the Jasper and Me detective
agency. And of course, being Marines, they had to keep Marine fit, so, Maggie
and Jasper ran every morning at the running park near the university.
A location that has been the originating location for more
than one of the cases included in The Bad Penny Mysteries. And speaking
of the name of the revised series. It came from the fact that Maggie normally
didn’t have to go out and search for jobs for her detective agency. In many
cases they found her, and like a bad penny, they often included people from her
past, and or people who sought to do her harm.
So, I invite you to join the growing number of fans of the Jasper, Street-Fighter, & Me team with Book 1 of The Bad Penny Mysteries, Where you will not only meet the team, but where it is revealed how Jasper and Street-Fighter met, and the ploy they used to gain Maggie’s acceptance of their unique relationship.
