Joy Reid

Annie Tries Not to and Annie's Case Book Joy Reid

A sequel to Joy Reid's Annie Butcher's Jigsaw, Annie Tries Not to and Annie's Case Book presents two books in one. Meet Annie Butcher; for some reason, she has a knack for taking seemingly unrelated events and fitting them together ... and usually solving a crime along the way! In Annie Tries Not to, Annie tries not to be a detective. She's a teacher, and she'd like to keep it that way. But when a Kenyan student goes missing at a local college, Annie can't help herself. She stumbles upon evidence that might just solve the case-but to complete the task, Annie must travel to Kenya, where she discovers the missing girl's father is fighting a corruption scandal. Will Annie find the missing girl, or will she become a target too? In Annie's Case Book, Annie returns from a trip to find ice and snow in her hometown. She slips and finds herself laid up in the hospital with a broken leg. But mystery seems to find her wherever she goes, and Annie is soon drawn into a suspicious plot at the medical facility. Her friend and ally, Chief Inspector Neil LaCoste, is pulled in by his concern for Annie, and mystery mingles with romance in this fast-paced dual novel.