Heather F. (AZmom875) -
Book one was a great beginning. Book two will not disappoint you. Gertie is a red head with two wild wacky friends all in their 60s. Gertie doesnt have a license but she drives and tries to avoid getting arrested for that. She will let her friend drive but she drives worse than Gertie, and her other friend also does not have a license. Her son is the Sheriff and her grandson is the prime suspect in this one.
The only thing I wish the character would not do is tamper with evidence. For instance she takes a feather off the shoe of the murder victim, and another clue around the crime scene. She implicates her grandson in the crime cause she drives his car and leaves it near the murder scene. She doesnt fess up, so the police dog smells HER in the car and tracks her down TWICE. So they retire the dog cause obviously the dog is losing his skills. See the dog on the cover of the book? Well she adopts the retired dog and uses him herself to track.
I loved Gertie, and her dog and her whole family and her friends. I am from Michigan so the U.P. Or YOOPER is a great place to go visit and buy Pasties. The author did an authentic job in this book.
I might add that this series by Deb Baker is slow moving on PBS people get them but dont seem to pass them on. I put mine on the bottom of my TBR and wish I had not. Dont you do the same, get it read it, pass it on.
The only thing I wish the character would not do is tamper with evidence. For instance she takes a feather off the shoe of the murder victim, and another clue around the crime scene. She implicates her grandson in the crime cause she drives his car and leaves it near the murder scene. She doesnt fess up, so the police dog smells HER in the car and tracks her down TWICE. So they retire the dog cause obviously the dog is losing his skills. See the dog on the cover of the book? Well she adopts the retired dog and uses him herself to track.
I loved Gertie, and her dog and her whole family and her friends. I am from Michigan so the U.P. Or YOOPER is a great place to go visit and buy Pasties. The author did an authentic job in this book.
I might add that this series by Deb Baker is slow moving on PBS people get them but dont seem to pass them on. I put mine on the bottom of my TBR and wish I had not. Dont you do the same, get it read it, pass it on.
Lori C. (dollycas) reviewed Murder Grins and Bears It (Yooper Mystery, Bk 2) on + 658 more book reviews
Its Bear Season is Yooper Country!! That is Michigans Upper Peninsula and the bears arent the only thing being hunted. A game warden is murdered right under Little Donnys tree stand and Little Donny is no where to be found. Gertie is upset, her son, the sheriff, is wasting time trying to catch her driving without a license when he should be trying to catch a killer and find Little Donny. Does she have to do everything herself?!
Dollycass Thoughts
This story will leave your sides aching from laughter!!
Gertie is an absolute gem!! Driving all over Gods creation without a license, tramping through the woods, questioning suspects who answer the door with sawed off shotguns, she does it all. She is quite a woman and you dont want to mess with her. You never knows what she is going to pull out of that handbag. The woman is fearless!!!
In addition to Gertie there is man-hungry Cora Mae, Carl who is willing to coat himself in chicken grease to bag a bear, Grandma Johnson who just loves to cook and good ole Blaze who is just trying to his job. Add in a few more wacky friends and relatives, a dead body or two, and you are in for a wild ride courtesy of Deb Bakers vast imagination.
I have loved everything I have read by this awesome author! A master storyteller!! KUDOS DEB!!!
Dollycass Thoughts
This story will leave your sides aching from laughter!!
Gertie is an absolute gem!! Driving all over Gods creation without a license, tramping through the woods, questioning suspects who answer the door with sawed off shotguns, she does it all. She is quite a woman and you dont want to mess with her. You never knows what she is going to pull out of that handbag. The woman is fearless!!!
In addition to Gertie there is man-hungry Cora Mae, Carl who is willing to coat himself in chicken grease to bag a bear, Grandma Johnson who just loves to cook and good ole Blaze who is just trying to his job. Add in a few more wacky friends and relatives, a dead body or two, and you are in for a wild ride courtesy of Deb Bakers vast imagination.
I have loved everything I have read by this awesome author! A master storyteller!! KUDOS DEB!!!
