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Ruth J. Hartman

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Ruth J. Hartman spends her days herding cats, and her nights spinning mysterious tales that make you smile. She, her husband, and their cats love to spend time curled up in their recliners watching old Cary Grant movies. Well, the cats sit in the people's recliners. Not that the cats couldn't get their own furniture. They just choose to shed on someone else's.

Ruth, a left-handed, cat-herding, farmhouse-dwelling mystery writer uses her goofy sense of humor as she writes tales of klutzy women who find trouble without even trying. Ruth's husband and best friend, Garry, reads her manuscripts, rolls his eyes at her weird story ideas, and loves her in spite of her insistence that all of her books have at least one cat in them.

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	The Unwanted Earl (The Love Birds, #2) 3.50 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time for a Duke 3.25 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hairballs and Homicide 4.18 avg rating — 166 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dial M for Meow (Bookshop Kitties Mysteries #1) 4.08 avg rating — 108 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	His Lady Peregrine (The Love Birds, #5) 3.61 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Birds of Regent's Park (The Love Birds, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Romancing The Dustman's Daughter 3.72 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Felines and Fatalities (A Kitty Beret Cafe Mystery, Book 2) 4.30 avg rating — 66 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder She Meowed: Bookshop Kitties Mysteries, Book 2 4.45 avg rating — 62 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Matchmakers 3.87 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ruth Hartman and 1 other person liked Kate Reed's review of Purrs and Prosecution (Kitty Beret Cafe Mystery Book 5): "Purrs and Prosecution is another absolute win in the Kitty Beret Café Mystery series. I’ve read every book so far and happily given each one five stars, and this installment is no exception. The mix of small-town drama, sharp humor, and cozy chaos (i" Read more of this review »
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Ruth Hartman and 2 other people liked Kate Reed's review of Claws and Conflict: A Kitty Beret Cafe Mystery, Book 4: "This is the fourth in the series and it was wonderful! You don’t have to read the first 3 to be able to follow along, but it does help! The combination of a small-town setting, a murder at a local festival, and a lovable cast of characters—along with" Read more of this review »
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Ruth Hartman and 1 other person liked Sarah's review of Murder at the Painted Wings Cafe: A Seneca James Mystery: "I somehow missed reading book one of this engaging cozy mystery series, but you can rest assured that I have added it to my Kindle TBR as I thoroughly enjoyed this latest entry (book two). And before I talk about my review of the story, I have to add" Read more of this review »
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“Books. Cats. Life is Good.”
― Edward Gorey

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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

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Aug 04, 2012 02:29PM

Thanks Ruth for friending,
Please check out my personal memoir, ME & HER: a Memoir Of Madness.
A teacher’s gutsy story of repeated parent harassment, mental breakdown & Recovery
How did reclaim my life?
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