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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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Average rating: 3.88 · 1,984 ratings · 804 reviews · 56 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Unwanted Earl (The Love Birds, #2) 3.50 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Time for a Duke 3.25 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 2012 — 7 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 4.20 avg rating — 164 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) 4.13 avg rating — 105 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) 3.73 avg rating — 114 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) 4.34 avg rating — 65 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 — 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
	The Matchmakers 3.88 avg rating — 67 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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The Love Birds (5 books)
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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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Ruth Hartman liked Kate Reed's review of Murder at the Painted Wings Cafe: A Seneca James Mystery: "Seneca and her cat Winifred are back to help solve another mystery! The books was fun, entertaining and engaging! I appreciated that while it was a mystery, it allows the characters to still live their lives and brings us along as participants - and " Read more of this review »
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“Books. Cats. Life is Good.”
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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
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