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Murder Passes the Buck by Deb Baker
ISBN 0-738-70872-0
I love this book! Murder Passes the Buck is one of those tongue-in-cheek mysteries that suspend reality enough that you can go along for the ride and just enjoy the wacky characters and their adventures. And these characters are a little wacky. Baker has set this book in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and peopled it with Yoopers (think U.P.’ers and you eventually get to Yoopers).
I have to admit that I was predisposed to this book because I do live in Michigan – but I am a Troll, not a Yooper. Trolls live under the Mackinac Bridge in the Lower Peninsula, Yoopers live above. I have met a few Yoopers here and there and they are different. The ones I have met are tremendously resourceful and hardworking and willing to eat any varmint that comes their way – all of which comes from living in a hostile climate, I suspect. Baker has created an entertaining and fun look at life among the Yoopers by keeping it farcical and light-hearted.
Our heroine, Gertie Johnson, has decided that her neighbor was murdered in his hunting blind and when her lazy son Blaze, the Sheriff, says it is an accident, she decides to investigate. She tromps all over the frozen North with her grandson Little Donny and her friends Cora Mae and Kitty and, along the way, teaches herself how to drive (sort of), dyes her hair orange (okay, that was an accident), and learns how to use a stun gun (OOPS!).
This book is very funny, the mystery is pretty good, and the characters and setting are fantastic. If you like a comedy/adventure mystery, this is right up your alley.
Did I guess it? Yes. Will I read more? Just as soon as the next one comes out!
Mystery Book Reviews by Liz at http://reviewedbyliz.com ©2007
Posted: December 22nd, 2006 under Baker, Deb, Reviews by Author.
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