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Annie Butcher's Jigsaw

by Joy Reid

194 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #08-0862; ISBN 1-4251-8223-2; US$15.88, C$15.88, EUR10.85, £8.20

Annie Butcher insists that she is a teacher and not a detective, but after the unexplained death of one of her pupils she finds herself reluctantly drawn into a mystery involving drug dealing and people smuggling.

About the Book

This is a detective novel with a difference as Annie Butcher is a very reluctant detective. She insists she is a teacher, she knows she is a successful one and she does not want to be drawn into anything else. She is too busy and she has other worries such as a wayward daughter and she is trying to keep an eye on her unsavory landlord, “fishy” one of her friends calls him. But, when one of her pupils dies under suspicious circumstances and another is mugged, she finds herself drawn deeper into a mystery involving drug dealing and people smuggling. Her life is placed in grave danger one stormy night on a wild beach.

Will Annie solve the jigsaw puzzle and will her friendship with the charming Chief Inspector develop into something more? This is the first of the Annie Butcher Mysteries introducing readers to the stoic Annie and her haphazard friends and family, the sequels will be following shortly.

About the Author

Joy Reid is an enthusiastic traveler and gardener. She has successfully publisher her ‘Mother’ books, “…and Mother came too” and “Why did you bring Mother?” based on her experiences when living with her family in Africa and Asia. She has also published the first of a series of children’s books entitled Raspberry and Turner originally planned to read to young relatives. This is illustrated by Sue Millar-Smith who has also designed the covers of the ‘Annie Butcher’ books.

Joy lives in a delightful village near the coast in Dorset, she has a large garden with a summerhouse where, when not gardening, she loves to sit and write. She has a wonderfully supportive family.