Review: Just don't eat the chocolate candy!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 29, 2011
i knew it!! the north has bubbas and bumpkins too! they're called 'yoopers'.Murder Trims the Tree was an enjoyable holiday mystery novella.this is my first gertie johnson story and she and her investigators are crazy good! these characters are so earthy and no nonsense.  (KEY WORDS: Crazy, Good, Characters!)in this story, gertie's investigators and a grumpy hanger mother-in-law are fulfilling a community service sentence at an assisted living home. bad weather (even by Michigan's Upper Peninsula standards) is eminent.  the team soon finds that 'something is rotten in denmark', apparently that's a common phrase for this group.despite their frailties, the home's residents are resourceful - but is one of them a murderer?  the head nurse (a sour nurse ratchet type) distinguishes herself early on as a prime suspect of whatever is rotten in denmark -  but what IS going on?i'm not even gonna mention the chocolate bombs.  read the book for that christmas treat.did i mention that gertie's team are part of the aarp demographic?  so nice so read about 'old' people with attitude and smarts and active libidos. gumption gets better with age!