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Deb Baker

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Bestselling and award-winning author Deb Baker writes the hilarious Gertie Johnson mysteries, set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. A native Yooper, she brings humor, heart, and a touch of sass to everything she writes.

Her work also includes the Gretchen Birch mystery series, Wisconsin beekeeping mysteries, and the Scottish Highlands mysteries written as Hannah Reed.

Now living in sunny Florida, Deb enjoys gardening, storytelling, and the company of her cat, Bo.

Average rating: 3.88 · 11,783 ratings · 1,427 reviews · 39 distinct worksSimilar authors
Murder Passes the Buck (Ger...

3.69 avg rating — 1,600 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions
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Dolled Up for Murder (Gretc...

3.63 avg rating — 716 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions
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Murder Grins and Bears It (...

4.07 avg rating — 516 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions
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Murder Talks Turkey (Gertie...

4.03 avg rating — 446 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions
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Murder Trims the Tree: Chri...

3.90 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Murder Bites the Bullet (Ge...

4.06 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Goodbye, Dolly (Gretchen Bi...

3.78 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions
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Dolly Departed (Gretchen Bi...

3.85 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions
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Guise & Dolls (Gretchen Bir...

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Murder Passes the Buck Murder Grins and Bears It Murder Talks Turkey Murder Bites the Bullet Murder Begins at Home Murder Goes To The Dogs
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“The difference between men and women is this--if you catch a woman butt-naked, she tries to cover the private parts with her hands. A man will sit there just like you found him even if he doesn't have much to be proud of.”
Deb Baker, Murder Passes the Buck

“It's amazing what the possiblity of romance can do to you. I'm self-conscious now in ways I never was before.”
Deb Baker, Murder Talks Turkey

“Nobody, but nobody, is going to get our guns, even if it means burying most of them in the ground and taking a final stand with our legs spread wide and our favorite firing power nestled in our arms.”
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message 10: by Michael

Michael Murphy Deb, thanks for connecting on Goodreads. Wishing you continued success with your writing. Hope you'll consider adding my new Prohibition-era mystery, The Yankee Club, to your to read list. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...


message 8: by Deb

Deb Rosemary wrote: "Deb, my mother just finished Dolled Up For Murder and thoroughly enjoyed it!"

Great! Thank her for me. Hope she's recovering well.




Rosemary Deb, my mother just finished Dolled Up For Murder and thoroughly enjoyed it!


message 6: by Deb

Deb Give your mom my best wishes for a speedy recover. I've heard great things about Murder By the Book but haven't been that way yet. You're the best.


Rosemary Deb, when I'm in town (Houston) next Saturday, I plan to visit Murder by the Book and pick up some of your doll mysteries. My mother is staying with me (recuperating from a broken hip), and after I told her about learning of your series on Goodreads, she wants to read them. Good books are really helping her recover!


message 4: by Deb

Deb Rosemary, that's right, we did role play with our dolls and create stories. Such fun!


Rosemary Deb, thank you so much for befriending me. I'm excited to learn about your line of "doll" murder mysteries. Dolls and doll playing were a huge influence on my development as a writer (all that creating personalities for the dolls and making up stories for them to enact). When my daughters were little we read a book called The Dollhouse Murders--now we need to move on to your books!


message 2: by Daniel (last edited Jul 23, 2008 08:34AM)

Daniel
Hi Deb, I've added Goodbye Dolly and your other books to my to-read list.


Michele thanks for the ad Deb Looking forward in talking with you soon. Michele Marchetti
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