History YMMV / MrsMurphyMysteries

* The time frame is always a YMMV moment for hmost people; originally they were intended to take place over the course of several seasons, so far the series has taken place over 5 years.

* The time frame is always a YMMV moment for most people; originally they were intended to take place over the course of several seasons, so far the series has taken place over 5 years.

** Wish You Were Here -- Spring '''[Year 1]'''

** Catch as Cat Can -- Late Spring '''[Year 3]'''

** Whisker of Evil -- Mid Autumn

** Pay Dirt -- Late Autumn

** Murder on the Prowl -- Late Spring or Early Summer

** Pawing Through the Past -- End of Autumn to Winter
** Claws and Effect -- Mid Winter to Late Winter

** Whisker of Evil -- Autumn

** Murder on the Prowl -- Late Spring or Early Summer
** Cat on the Scent -- Start of Summer
** Pawing Through the Past -- End of Autumn start of Winter

** Murder on the Prowl -- Undefined, believe it to be early Summer

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** Some things that were used as a key-point for this idealistic time line are the seasonal references - in most books the time of year is made evident with in the first few sentences. In some books there are time progressions of no more then a few days, in some instances it can be upwards to a week or more. A good example of this sort sort of progression is in ''Murder at Monticello'' the story starts off in mid-summer, progresses slowly to late summer, and ends in the early days of autumn. Another example is of smaller time skips like ''Santa Clawed'' which takes place in less then 2 weeks shortly after the start of the story as by the end its only a day or two away from the holidays.

** The years are not defined but based on subject matter in ''Pay Dirt'' and ''Murder, She Meowed'' we can assume that its set sometime in the mid/late 1990's and based on subject matter delivered in ''Catch as Cat Can'' its really safe to assume the later part of the 90's is appropriate, now taking into account the talk of the New Millennium in ''Cat's Eyewitness'' we can pin-point the date to be around 1999 / 2000. So taking that into account the 1st book took place in 1997 or 1998 with the most recent taking place in 2000 or 2001.

** Wish You Were Here (1990) -- Spring '''[Year 1]'''
** Rest in Pieces (1992) -- Mid Summer
** Murder at Monticello (1994) -- Late Summer to Early Autumn
** Pay Dirt (1995) -- Late Autumn
** Murder, She Meowed (1996)-- Winter to Early Spring '''[Year 2]'''
** Murder on the Prowl (1998)-- Undefined, believe it to be early Summer
** Cat on the Scent (1999) -- Start of Summer
** Pawing Through the Past (2000) -- End of Autumn start of Winter
** Claws and Effect (2001) -- Mid Winter to Late Winter
** Catch as Cat Can (2002) -- Late Spring '''[Year 3]'''
** The Tail of the Tip-Off (2003) -- Summer
** Whisker of Evil (2004) -- Autumn
** Cat's Eyewitness (2006) -- Late Autumn to Early Winter
** Sour Puss (2006) -- Spring to Mid Summer '''[Year 4]'''
** Puss n' Cahoots (2007) -- Late Summer
** The Purrfect Murder (2008) -- Early Autumn
** Santa Clawed (2008) -- Early Winter
** Cat of the Century (2010) -- Late Winter to Early Spring '''[Year 5]'''

** Wish You Were Here (1990) -- Spring [Year 1]

** Murder, She Meowed (1996)-- Winter to Early Spring [Year 2]

** Catch as Cat Can (2002) -- Late Spring [Year 3]

** Sour Puss (2006) -- Spring to Mid Summer [Year 4]

** Cat of the Century (2010) -- Late Winter to Early Spring [Year 5]

* The time frame is always a YMMV moment for most people; originally they were intended to take place over the course of 2 years and according to Rita Mae Brown they were ''SUPPOSE'' to end by 2000..except she liked the books a lot and continued writing.
Here is my ideal time line of seasons per book:

** Wish You Were Here (1990) -- Spring

** Murder at Monticello (1994) -- Late Summer - Early Autumn

** Murder, She Meowed (1996)-- Winter - Early Spring

** Claws and Effect (2001) -- Mid Winter
** Catch as Cat Can (2002) -- Late Spring

** Cat's Eyewitness (2005) -- Mid Winter
** Sour Puss (2006) -- Spring
** Puss n' Cahoots (2007) -- Late Summer

** Cat of the Century (2010) --

** Wish You Were Here (1990) --
** Rest in Pieces (1992) --
** Murder at Monticello (1994) --
** Pay Dirt (1995) --
** Murder, She Meowed (1996)--
** Murder on the Prowl (1998)--
** Cat on the Scent (1999) --
** Pawing Through the Past (2000) --
** Claws and Effect (2001) --
** Catch as Cat Can (2002) --
** The Tail of the Tip-Off (2003) --
** Whisker of Evil (2004) --
** Cat's Eyewitness (2005) --
** Sour Puss (2006) --
** Puss n' Cahoots (2007) --
** The Purrfect Murder (2008) --
** Santa Clawed (2008) --