Robin Merrill

Samantha Cooper 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 really ready for a real case? Can she catch a kidnapper without getting herself kidnapped?

On January 28, 1986, NASA launched the space shuttle Challenger. The shuttle had flown several times before. But this time, just over a minute into the flight, the shuttle exploded, killing its crew of seven. This book examines the scope of the disaster, its causes, and how people can keep a similar disaster from happening again.

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.

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 Mattawoopock. To complicate matters, Deputy Hale has lost his patience with he eccentric sleuthing. Can she avoid his handcuffs long enough to solve a murder? Or two?