Brushed up on Murder (A Mobile Cat Groomer Mystery Book 1) by Ruth J. Hartman – Review by Santana Hicks

Brushed Up on Murder (A Mobile Cat Groomer Mystery, Book #1 by Ruth J. Hartman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Molly Stewart is a cat groomer. She loves her job even when dealing with some stubborn cats and their pet parents. One man in particular, named Durbin, is one of the pet parents who are hard to handle. He loves his cat Jasper so much, he likes to hover over Molly while she is doing her job. While grooming Jasper, Durbin gets a text and leaves Jasper with Molly asking her to meet him at his house when she is finished.

Upon arrival, Molly notices that Durbin is not out front waiting for her so she goes out into his garden thinking he might be out there. She wasn’t wrong but she found him murdered with a garden tool. The police are targeting Molly’s uncle as the main suspect and it is up to Molly to clear his name. Everyone is a suspect. Durbin was not a well liked man. Barely anyone had anything nice to say about him. With no one to take Durbins cat, Molly takes him in. She will find justice for Jaspers human even if it puts her in danger.

Could it be the wife? The odd nephew? The business partner? Or maybe it is someone all together different. Molly will get to the bottom of it.

The local veterinarian, Hank, (who is also Molly’s crush) wants to help her with both settling Jasper into his new home and with the investigation. She thinks that he is not interested in her beyond platonic friendship so she tries her hardest to forget about any romantic feelings. Although it is hard when the man seems to want to be around her all the time.

I have read a few other books by this author that were also cat themed and I can’t get enough of them. I am a cat lover and I appreciate the love between the cats and their owners in all of this author’s series, Who wouldn’t want to read books with a feisty heroine and their kitty cats?

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