Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Dial M for Meow (Bookshop Kitties Mysteries) by Ruth J. Hartman. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews and more!
Dial M for Meow (Bookshop Kitties Mysteries)
by Ruth J. Hartman
Dial M for Meow (Bookshop Kitties Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
1st In Series
Setting – Green Meadow, Indiana
Gemma Halliday Publishing (January 10, 2023)
Number of Pages 153
When children’s book author, Christy Bailey, receives a call from her aunt Betty to help out at her bookshop, she drops everything to go. Christy packs up her two cats—Milton and Pearl, the stars of her children’s mystery books—and leaves busy Philadelphia for tiny Green Meadow, Indiana. The timing of the call is perfect, as Christy’s letch of an ex-boyfriend has just cleaned out her savings, leaving Christy with a pile of unpaid bills and a desire to start over. And what better place to do that than a charming small town in Middle America?
But when Christy reaches her aunt’s bookshop, instead of small town hospitality she finds a dead body! Even worse, her aunt is passed out in the corner, hands covered in blood. The dead woman is an old frenemy of her Aunt Betty, and while Christy knows her aunt is innocent, the local detective isn’t so sure. With Milton and Pearl prowling for clues, Christy is determined to find the real killer and clear her aunt’s name… before her story ends in tragedy!
My review
If you like starting cozy mystery series right at the beginning, I’ve got good news! Dial M for Meow by Ruth J. Hartman is a wonderful beginning to the new Bookshop Kitties Mystery series. Children’s author Christy has left her old life in Philadelphia to help her aunt run her charming bookshop in a small Indiana town. She finds herself thrust into a murder mystery as soon as she arrives, and her aunt is a person of interest in the crime…especially since the victim is found in her aunt’s home above the shop!
I enjoyed Dial M for Meow very much! The characters are very well-written and include a diverse cast of personalities. Christy reunites with her larger than life childhood friend, meets her aunt’s new beau, meets a handsome local doctor, and gets sucked into lots of drama all the while wrangling her two adorable kitties who also happen to star in her children’s mystery series.
I became immersed in Dial M for Meow very quickly. It’s easily a book you can read in a day since you won’t want to put it down! I love books with a very small town feel, quirky characters, cats, and books! This has it all. There are lots of red herrings which make this mystery more mysterious! I can easily see the Bookshop Kitties Mysteries becoming a new favorite series for me, and I’m excited to see what Christy, her aunt, and the kitties get involved in next!
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.
About Ruth J. Hartman
Ruth J. Hartman spends her days herding cats and her nights spinning mysterious tales. 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 writer uses her sense of humor as she writes tales of lovable, klutzy women who seem to 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 despite her insistence all of her books have at least one cat in them. See updates about her cozy mysteries at Ruthjhartman.com.
Author Links
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ruth.j.hartman
Website https://www.ruthjhartman.com
Twitter https://twitter.com/ruthjhartman
GoodReads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3312900.Ruth_J_Hartman
Purchase Link – Amazon
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Dial M for Meow TOUR PARTICIPANTS
January 10 – Cozy Up WIth Kathy – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW
January 10 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
January 10 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
January 10 – Bootsie’s Book Nook. – SPOTLIGHT
January 11 – Elza Reads – REVIEW
January 11 – The Plain-Spoken Pen – REVIEW
January 11 – Mochas, Mysteries and Meows – REVIEW, CHARACTER INTERVIEW
January 11 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
January 11 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
January 12 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW
January 12 – Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT
January 12 – Sneaky the Library Cat’s blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
January 12 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW
January 12 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
January 13 – Guatemala Paula Loves to Read – REVIEW
January 13 – Literary Gold – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
January 13 – I’m Into Books – SPOTLIGHT
January 13 – View from the Birdhouse – REVIEW
January 14 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
January 14 – Socrates Book Reviews – REVIEW
January 14 – #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog – SPOTLIGHT
January 14 – The Book Decoder – REVIEW
January 15 – Nadaness In Motion – REVIEW
January 15 – Lady Hawkeye – SPOTLIGHT
January 15 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTIGHT
January 15 – Cassidy’s Bookshelves – REVIEW
January 16 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW
January 16 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
January 16 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
January 16 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW
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Thank you so much for the amazing review! Milton and Pearl also send their purrs of appreciation 🙂
You’re welcome! My kitties are waving to Milton and Pearl…. I hope they don’t get any ideas about joining the mystery crew! 😂