![]() Jac be Nimble is his first novel and the first in a planned trilogy. Inspired by a writing challenge to create a short opening based on the photo of a wallet lying on the ground-he set out to write his own story. James Peters has been a non-fiction writer for many years. All is not as it appears, and more than one kind of sleight of hand is at play. ![]() ![]() He's trying to stay one step ahead of Roth, Vargas, and the Victoria Police, and sadly unable to properly pursue his unexpected attraction to the pretty au pair of a wealthy couple he intended to rob.īut magic is the art of misdirection. When Roth brings in another old nemesis of Jac’s, retired police investigator Albert Vargas, to hunt down the thief, Jac finds himself on the run. Jac steals the frontispiece of the book out of its supposedly impregnable display case from under an array of cameras and the noses of security personnel-an apparently impossible crime. Roth has come to the city to exhibit a collection of rare children’s books at Craigdarroch Castle, including a copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland illustrated by Salvador Dalí and signed by the artist. Jac performs regularly at the inner harbour with his apprentice, Chidi, and on the side, running cons and picking the pockets of rich tourists.īut his settled if somewhat shady existence is upended when an old patron-turned-nemesis, Australian billionaire Foster Roth, comes to Victoria in his magnificent mega-yacht Trio. Crying herself to sleep every night in an orphanage, after having her inheritance stolen by greedy. After growing up on the streets of Sydney, Australia, he’s made his way to Victoria, BC, living on his stolen tugboat, Scrimshaw. Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, You cant catch me, Because Im too slick Fourteen-year-old Jordyn Alvarez, the daughter of a prominent businessman and a former Miss Argentina, has the ideal life, until it all falls a part in one violent act. Jac Pencuri has been a busker, magician, and thief for most of his life.
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