With the former mayor or San Francisco, the police, a journalist, and Oscar's niece all searching for the person who killed the intern, the author takes us on a confusing journey. One of the draws of the Cats and Curios mysteries is the exploration of San Francisco and it's unique attractions.

Isabella and Rupert will follow their owner around the city as she is led by the ghost of young Spider Jones to try and untangle the clues that will lead to the identity of his killer. Spider isn't sure why he is still there and why his ghost can't be seen except by the cats.

Oscar and Sam are helping as they can while evading law enforcement since they were last seen in the vicinity of the body. The former Mayor knows that Oscar must be innocent so he is also trying to find out what is going on.

As the reader follows along with the characters they introduce us to the murals that were painted around the city as part of the New Deal years ago. The murals tell a story and lead the various people closer to the truth.

While I love the characters and the locations of these books, I'm finding it harder and harder to follow the story line in the series. There were a lot of point of view shifts in HOW TO PAINT A CAT and sometimes I had trouble keeping up. Even as they solve the mystery of who, the why is left unanswered.