Gertrude, Gumshoe

A young woman is missing, and her boyfriend is desperate to find her. Desperate enough to hire Gertrude, Gumshoe. Thrilled to have her first real client, Gertrude gets right to work. But is she ready for a real case? Can she catch a kidnapper without getting snatched up herself?

There just isn't enough crime in Mattawooptock, so Gertrude has to convince Calvin to go to the big city-Portland, where she will go undercover as the newest slam poet on the scene. But have any actual crimes been committed, or is this just Gertrude's wild imagination at work?

Gertrude's never been so busy. There's been a murder at a Wild West theme park, and Gertrude is on the scene. But she can't stay long, because there's been another murder in Mattawooptock. To complicate matters, Deputy Hale has lost his patience with her eccentric sleuthing. Can she avoid his handcuffs long enough to solve a murder? Or two?

Twenty years ago a teenager drowned in Clearwater Lake. Now her ghost is haunting its shores. Gertrude knows there's no such thing as ghosts, and she's going to prove it-even if it means spending some time in the water herself.

She's uncouth, uncooperative, and somehow-unstoppable. In Books 4 through 6, Gertrude tears all over Maine trying to find crimes to solve. She adds another "assistant" to her team, competes in poetry slams, tries to use a handgun, tracks down an ex-spook, and hunts down a ghost. ​​​​​​​Will Deputy Hale put an end to her unconventional (illegal) investigative methods? Will Calvin share his true feelings with someone? Will Gertrude figure out who the mysterious Dave really is?

You know that eccentric great-aunt no one wants to sit beside at family functions? Or that neighbor who's just a little too strange to get to know? Or the pushy woman at the thrift store? Maybe you know Gertrude. She's rude. She's frightfully frugal. And she's fearless. Here are the first three Gertrude, Gumshoe novellas, collected for you in one place. She'll find a body in a house of balls. She'll tick off the local police. She'll go undercover at her local thrift store. And she might even manage to get herself kidnapped while yardsaling. All in the name of justice.