A Deadly Development

They're Back...Bumbling Amateur Sleuths Annie and Dickie return in the much-anticipated sequel to humorous Southern mystery Odd Job Annie. Annie Cooper's living her best retirement life. Her side hustle -- Odd Job Annie -- is thriving, she's settling into her new life in the small, quirky mountain town of Monteagle, Tennessee, and not one, but two, charming men seem interested in her. Well, at least one is charming -- the other is slightly annoying but sexy as hell. Lord a mercy! When Annie discovers the body of the skeeviest man in their tiny home development, she and her partner-in-crime, Dickie, once again combine forces to figure out whodunit in this raucous, laugh-out-loud Southern mystery. And ya'll. . . there are recipes.

Beth Riner retired from teaching high school English to move to scenic Monteagle, Tennessee, where she rediscovered not only herself, but also her passion for writing. She adores smartass men, snarky friends, good conversation and laughter, blackberry cobbler, and Rooster, a rambunctious Boykin Spaniel, who lives with her in a 576-square-foot cabin in the woods called Storybook Cottage. A award-winning feature writer for The Grundy County Herald, Beth has already written the third book in the Odd Job Annie series and is hard at work on the fourth.