This was much improved over the first Ruby Herring mystery. It focused as much on the characters as the mystery, and we watched better chemistry, particularly between Ruby and Jake.
Bringing in an older looking actor to play Ruby's dad (John Wesley Shipp) was a good idea. The previous actor (Shawn Christian) while good, was too young for the part which was an unnecessary distraction.
The producers also seemed to have replaced Ruby's sister Charlotte (Alyson Walker) with friend Jenny Taylor (Chelsea Hobbs),as Ruby's "Girl Friday" researcher. I'm not so sure that was an improvement.
Having Ruby's sister in the series gave Ruby some history and emotion, that Jenny doesn't seem to provide. Also, having Jenny as a research source seems to conflict with the news character, Angela Bircham (Karen Holness) who also seems to play the same research role for Ruby.
There were a number of sweet moments between Ruby and Jake, and the writers did a nice job of humanizing Jake's character.
The mystery itself was good. It was fairly easy to follow, even as there were a number of characters with possible motives for murder--some emotional, others financial.
I especially enjoyed the clever way that Ruby gets the better of the murderer at the end. The murderer intends to leave in the car. Ruby unlocks and relocks the car doors--indicating that she is the one who has the "keys" to the car!
Ruby Herring Mysteries Her Last Breath
2019
Action / Crime / Mystery
Ruby Herring Mysteries Her Last Breath
2019
Action / Crime / Mystery
95% - Critics
6.6Plot summary
Seattle PD detective Jake Killian and his forensic team initially see no reason to doubt the fatal car accident of multimillionaire philanthropist Natalie Billings, whom Ruby was to interview, being an accident caused by cardiac arrest, but the latter points out bizarre aspects. The car wasn't sabotaged, but the victim poisoned with colchicine, a herbal drug used against inflammations. Original heir was her sister, now broke, but a new will in the private vault gives all to an ocean charity, except a million each for lover Dr. Steve McClurren and the housekeeper-confident. The poison was administered by smoothie, which she drunk at the gym, where the bar is run by charming, budding painter Roger Davis, whose medication includes the poison, who rowed with Nathalie as she rejected a commissioned painting. The very cup is found on his boat, but that's too easy.
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A better Ruby Herring
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I loved this one it really was awesome. And yes I think you will really enjoy it to !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! James Welch, Henderson. Arkansas 10/11/2021.
A carefully thought out plan
Seattle's intrepid consumer reporter Ruby Herring is on the case again. In this film Taylor Cole has a guest fitness guru on her segment of the news hour. After she leaves the studio the women who is clearly disoriented as we see her, plunges over an embankment.
This was a beloved figure known for her philanthropy. Her company and herself gave millions away to environmental causes. Who would want to hurt her?
All I'll say is that this was one carefully thought out scheme by the perpetrator, from using a really exotic poison to dating a person for the express purpose of framing them.
This was a good entree in the Ruby Herring series.