R.E. Merrill

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...

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....

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...

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...

"There's no such thing as ghosts! Right?"Gertrude thinks she's got a knack for proving that ghosts don't exist, but this time she's taking on a celebrity phantom: Seth Bullock.She and Calvin pack the cats into the camper and head to Deadwood, where...

"Don't call me elderly!"Gertrude is still feeling confident after her first gumshoe victory. So when she finds a murder victim at her local thrift store, she is excited to tell the Sheriff's Department everything she's learned at the scene of the...

Gertrude is back!After being thrown in the clink for private investigating without a license, she's fled the state to go where her talents will be more appreciated: South Dakota.She has big plans to set up shop, but an injury halts her journey shortly...

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...

WARNING: Gertrude can be a bit cranky!She shoots from the hip, is unburdened by tact, and likes things done her way. Yet, the people who know her adore her.It's a mystery.Speaking of which, Gertrude never set out to be a sleuth. But when one of her...