I love Gert and friends. It makes the UP come alive for me as I've never been there but I feel like I have, thanks to Deb and family! Read Passes the Buck and ordered the others I haven't gotten to. I can hardly wait to finish this one. I laugh along with Gert and friends and she makes being older not so bad. With her on duty, the cops might just as well deputize Gert or just get out of the way. Gertie Johnson is minding her own business, just waiting in line at the Stonely Credit Union, when a young man wearing orange gym shoes walks in and holds up the bank. A quick-thinking teller hits the alarm button and, within minutes, acting-sheriff Dickey Snell and his deputies surround the bank. The robber is shot dead, but neither the cops nor the bank patrons claim responsibility for his death. So who shot the robber? And why is his pillowcase full of play money instead of the real stuff? With Sheriff Blaze Johnson out on sick leave, it's up to his mom and her Trouble Buster buddies to discover whodunnit. At the same time, Gertie and her pals are shadowing Tony Lento at the request of his wife. Lyla Lento is pretty sure Tony's cheating on her, and she's happy to pay the Trouble Busters in life-time manicures if they can get the goods on him. Working both cases at the same time lands Gertie, Cora Mae, and Kitty in big trouble, and it's not the kind of trouble the Trouble Busters can easily bust out of. I'm a big fan of Deb Baker's Gertie Johnson series. I love the various characters and how they react to both family and friends in good times and bad. Stonely is a close knit community like many small towns are, and Baker does a great job portraying it as a community where everyone knows everyone else's business. The plot is a good one and the resolution is believable. Most of all, this is simply a fun book--and fun series--to read.
What do You think about Murder Talks Turkey (2008)?
I really liked this one. I haven't read any of the others in this series, but this one was fun.
—hbrar
cute and funny with just enough excitement/drama to keep it interesting.
—HelenaJantoa
