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Gertrude, Gumshoe

Slam Is Murder: a cozy mystery

#4 in series

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1 of 1 copy available
1 of 1 copy available

Gertrude Gumshoe is desperate for a case, but sleepy Mattawooptock isn't exactly a hotbed of criminal activity. When she connects two suspicious deaths to Portland's poetry slam scene, she's convinced she's onto something big - even if her reluctant chauffeur Calvin needs some persuading.

Armed with her walker, a dog collar, and one hastily written poem, Gertrude goes undercover in Portland's edgiest poetry venue. As the body count rises and Calvin's beloved Cadillac becomes a target, Gertrude's unconventional investigation methods might just crack the case... or prove that her imagination is running wild. Either way, the Portland poetry scene will never be the same.

Join the irrepressible amateur detective on her most outlandish case yet - where poetry might be deadly, but Gertrude's determination is the most dangerous force of all.

Binge the whole series:
Introducing Gertrude, Gumshoe
Gertrude, Gumshoe: Murder at the Thrift Store
Gertrude, Gumshoe and the VardSale Villain
Gertrude, Gumshoe: Slam Is Murder
Gertrude, Gumshoe: Gunslinger City
Gertrude, Gumshoe and the Clearwater Curse
Gertrude in South Dakota: S'more Murder
Gertrude in South Dakota: Haunted Hotel
Gertrude in South Dakota: Cowboy Shoot

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 4, 2017
      Merrill’s second comic mystery featuring a curmudgeonly sleuth (after Introducing Gertrude, Gumshoe) is even funnier than her first. Gertrude, who lives in Mattawooptock, Maine, stumbles upon a murder victim during what should be a routine shopping trip to the local Goodwill to buy Christmas presents. After picking up gifts for her niece and nephew, she heads to the perfume section, only to find a young woman’s bludgeoned corpse next to the murder weapon—an ugly lamp adorned with decorative birds. But by the time a crowd has gathered in response to her scream, the lamp has disappeared. Gertrude manages to get hired at the Goodwill so that she can search for the missing weapon and learn more about the victim, 25-year-old Tislene Breen, who was unemployed and unmarried. Gertrude is as comically inept at sorting donated items as she is at most everything else. Readers who enjoy tongue-in-cheek whodunits will find themselves grinning frequently.

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