| Title | : | Gertrude \u0026 The Sorcerer's Gold |
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| ISBN | : | 1999077431 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781999077433 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 155 |
| Publication | : | Published April 1, 2020 |
A sorcerer’s hidden stash of gold… A pot-bellied pig and a Jersey cow with a nose for trouble…
A no holds barred treasure hunt… A retired RCMP Sergeant and her partner, a drug sniffing German shepherd afraid of crowds, determined to preserve law and order on an island where no one takes any guff including the blind old lady who just got flashed and the young mother bothered by a ghost in the attic
Gertrude \u0026 The Sorcerer's Gold Reviews
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Good animal lover mystery!
Gertrude & The Sorcerers Gold by Laura Hesse is a clever animal loving book with a good mystery and a tale of buried treasure. This island has interesting characters that include a busy and media famous pig, due to many unusual antics, A quiet tourist destination, and unique characters. Now it has a flasher, proof of buried treasure that leads to chaos, and increased crime! This story is about a handful of the people here and the craziness revolving around the female police officer, her pig, and the gold the pig finds that sets off the island frenzy! -
Another Gumboots and Gumshoes book about Betty Bruce, now special consultant to the RCMP after her retirement. Betty has returned to Seal Island, happily enjoying her blooming relationship with Reggie, seafarer and legal pot grower. The two of them are still adapting to the newness of their relationship while her father Archie has repaired his with Violet Bones, former judge and now permanent resident if the island. Gertrude spends most of her time with Peaches, (pot-bellied pig and Jersey cow respectively), in addition to Champ, a rehabilitated drug-sniffing dog adopted by Betty. The critters live mostly with Betty although they occasionally make their home at Archie's. Strange lights in a supposedly empty house lead to a call for call Betty to investigate. A flasher who picks on old ladies, a death of another book club member, Gertrude's discovery of a gold coin while hunting truffles during one of her walk-a-bouts ignite the citizens and tourists into mass treasure hunters. Betty is still trying to tie up lose ends to earlier deaths of some friends and wonders if somehow should have stayed in uniform. Gertrude as always is irascibly full of wanderlust and she keeps adding onto her posse over time. Never ending double trouble with a heart of gold in the middle.
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Either my brain is deteriorating, or there is some confusing info in here about the island’s past. At the end, the author presents some info about Reggie’s past, but without knowing what year it is in the story, or when Betty was born, you can’t do the necessary math to figure out what is being implied. And to end with the statement that Brother’s gold was never found?? It did feel like there were fewer errors in this one. And I enjoyed the humorous parts. I do wish authors included a map of the area their story is in; I get geography much better visually than by description.
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Fun and entertaining, love this series
