Author Showcase ~ How to Paint a Cat by Rebecca M. Hale

Mar 28, 2014 | Author Showcase

How to Paint a Cat
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San Francisco isn’t the biggest city in the country, but it feels pretty vast when you’re canvassing its neighborhoods looking for clues to your missing uncle’s hidden location. Aided by my two cats, Rupert and Isabella, I try to follow Uncle Oscar’s painted clues on a trail that leads from Coit Tower’s famous murals through San Francisco’s New Deal art—all while hoping my uncle’s sudden disappearance is unrelated to the murdered intern at City Hall.

Just when it seems our search has hit a wall, we receive some surprising help from beyond. But will it be enough to save us from our own brushes with death? Here’s hoping we don’t paint ourselves into a corner…

Release: March 2014
Series: Cats and Curios #5
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime

GIVEAWAY: Comment on this post by noon EST on March 31, and you will be entered for a chance to win a copy of HOW TO PAINT A CAT. One winner will be chosen at random. Unless specified, U.S. entries only.

Meet the author
Rebecca M. Hale is a graduate of Colorado State University (Biochemistry 1994) and Vanderbilt School of Law (JD 1997). After almost ten years working as a patent attorney in the San Francisco Bay Area, she took time off to write her first novel, HOW TO WASH A CAT—and never looked back. She primarily writes fiction in the form of quirky mysteries that reflect her travel experiences and many of the people she meets along the way.

She now lives in Western Colorado with her feline writing associates, that is, when she’s not off researching future books set in San Francisco, the Caribbean, or wherever else her wandering spirit takes her.

Visit Rebecca at her website, on Twitter and on Facebook.

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30 Comments

  1. Nancy Funkhouser
    Nancy Funkhouser on March 28, 2014 at 5:09 am

    Thanks for the offer. This looks like a cute series.

  2. Dina stout
    Dina stout on March 28, 2014 at 5:32 am

    Sound like the purrrfect cozy 😉

  3. Carol M
    Carol M on March 28, 2014 at 6:05 am

    This sounds like a great series! Thank you for the giveaway!

  4. Gram
    Gram on March 28, 2014 at 6:26 am

    She writes fun reads!

  5. Linda K
    Linda K on March 28, 2014 at 6:47 am

    I’m a little behind in this series but I am looking forward to catching up with this one. A fun and quirky set of characters!

  6. Lisa Brown
    Lisa Brown on March 28, 2014 at 6:55 am

    Looks like a great read, thank you for the chance to win 🙂
    jslbrown2009(at)aol(dot)com

  7. griperang
    griperang on March 28, 2014 at 7:08 am

    What a fun series. Thank you for the chance to win

  8. Mare F
    Mare F on March 28, 2014 at 8:37 am

    This is a wonderful series.

  9. Alicia Farage
    Alicia Farage on March 28, 2014 at 8:41 am

    A series that I’m looking forward to reading!

  10. Shonda A.
    Shonda A. on March 28, 2014 at 8:46 am

    I haven’t read this series, but Thank You for bringing this out so I can start reading. I love the sound of this.

  11. carolee888
    carolee888 on March 28, 2014 at 9:49 am

    Love series with cats or dogs in them. Would really like to read this book.
    Thank you for the chance!
    CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com

  12. Liz Rock
    Liz Rock on March 28, 2014 at 10:17 am

    I’ve not heard of this author before, but I love mysteries and cats. I’ll definitely have to add this to my reading list!
    Liza8176@sbcglobal.net

  13. Shirley
    Shirley on March 28, 2014 at 10:33 am

    Quirky mysteries are my thing – would love to read this book.

  14. noraadrienne
    noraadrienne on March 28, 2014 at 10:36 am

    I love Rebecca’s books. I’m sorry to say I have the 2nd book in her Island series still buried in my 4 stack TBR pile. I love the Cats & Curio series and own at least 2 of them that I can find on my shelf. LOL

    Dru, please toss my hat into the contest ring please. I want this book.

  15. Kathy Meik
    Kathy Meik on March 28, 2014 at 10:46 am

    That sounds really good!! I love Cozies that have animals helping solve the crime!!!

  16. Libby Dodd
    Libby Dodd on March 28, 2014 at 11:25 am

    San Francisco and cats? That sounds perfect to me.

  17. Ronna Lord
    Ronna Lord on March 28, 2014 at 1:02 pm

    Love cats as protagonists. Used to enjoy the Lillian Jackson Braun THE CAT WHO…….. Series. Would love to try this series and see what these felines are up too!!

  18. Annette N
    Annette N on March 28, 2014 at 1:06 pm

    This sounds not only charming but also the kind of story to keep this reader turning the pages. Thanks for the introduction.

  19. MaryB
    MaryB on March 28, 2014 at 1:24 pm

    This is a new series to me and sounds wonderful. Love cats! Thanks for the chance to win.

  20. Judy
    Judy on March 28, 2014 at 2:16 pm

    Gorgeous cover. Mystery/curiosity and cats. A winning combination. Count me in for the giveaway.

  21. Debbie
    Debbie on March 28, 2014 at 2:49 pm

    This sounds like a fun read, everytime I read that title “How to Paint a Cat” I think “very carefully” LOL.

  22. suekey12
    suekey12 on March 28, 2014 at 5:05 pm

    San Francisco is my favorite city—and cozies with cats are my favorite reading material. Please enter me in your giveaway.
    suefarrell.farrell@gmail.com

  23. Sheila K.
    Sheila K. on March 28, 2014 at 6:51 pm

    This sounds like a good read—thanks for the opportunity to win a copy!

  24. Cynthia E. Blain
    Cynthia E. Blain on March 28, 2014 at 9:22 pm

    I faintly remember having read one of the books in this series quite some time ago and wonder what happened that I haven’t kept up with it as I love cats and with this particular series, I am also a painter so I am definitely going to have to put this one my list as well. I have already done a “painting” of a cat, but it was actually a graphite/pencil painting of my last kitty. Would love to receive this book to find out what I have missed I guess.

    Thank you for refreshing my memory about this author, Dru.

    Cynthia

  26. Lindar
    Lindar on March 28, 2014 at 11:37 pm

    I’ve been with this series since the first How to wash a Cat. Wonderfully fun series.

  27. Debra Woloson
    Debra Woloson on March 29, 2014 at 2:31 am

    Thank you for the giveaway. I have enjoyed this series. I have missed a couple of the last books but I will catch up this week. The cats have me laughing out loud, I have really liked some of their actions.

  28. Kari Cook
    Kari Cook on March 29, 2014 at 4:13 am

    This is one of my favoirte series. Looks good

  29. Anita Yancey
    Anita Yancey on March 29, 2014 at 9:01 pm

    It sounds like a great read. I love that the story has cats. Thanks for having the giveaway.

  30. Dru
    Dru on April 1, 2014 at 5:46 am

    contest is closed.