Ruby Herring Mysteries
3 movies
Ruby Herring Mysteries is built on a joke the series is happy to admit to: the heroine is a sleuth literally named Ruby Herring. She is a Seattle consumer reporter who keeps stumbling into suspicious deaths while doing puff pieces on faulty toasters, and she turns out to have an instinct for the small wrong detail that everyone else waves off. So she talks her way onto the crime beat, and onto the cases of a detective who would really rather she didn't. Each film is a standalone whodunit.
Taylor Cole plays Ruby across all three films, with Stephen Huszar as Detective Jake Killian and Karen Holness recurring as her editor. The run lands in 2019 and 2020 and holds IMDb ratings in the low-to-mid 6s. The pleasure here is watching Ruby refuse to let a loose thread go, then watching Killian pretend to be annoyed about it while he hands her another clue. Three films, one reporter, and a notebook she will not close until the math works.
Ruby Herring Mysteries movies in order
Each film is a closed case, so order is flexible. One wrinkle worth knowing: Silent Witness is the feature-length pilot where Ruby first turns sleuth, even though it released the same year as Her Last Breath.
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Ruby Herring Mysteries: Her Last Breath(2019)
Rated 6.6. A health guru dies in what looks like a routine car accident, and everyone is ready to call it closed except Ruby, who keeps pulling threads long after the file should be shut. The case winds through the finances of the victim's charity. Taylor Cole and Stephen Huszar lead, with John Wesley Shipp as Ruby's father, a retired crime reporter whose old instincts rub off on her. A clean showcase for Ruby's refuse-to-quit streak.
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Ruby Herring Mysteries: Silent Witness(2019)
The feature-length origin at roughly two hours, rated 6.3, and the one to watch if you want the partnership from the ground up. Ruby heads to a mountain resort for her sister's wedding and finds a body in a creek instead of a rehearsal dinner. The victim is a famous baker known, wonderfully, as Sugar the Shrew. Watching a consumer reporter turn crime solver in real time is the whole pitch. Taylor Cole and Stephen Huszar establish the prickly chemistry the series runs on.
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Ruby Herring Mysteries: Prediction Murder(2020)
Rated 6.6, and my favorite of the three for sheer nerve. Now a full crime reporter, Ruby starts finding cryptic rhyming poems on her doorstep, each one a clue to a five-year-old cold case involving a murdered psychic. All of this lands the same week as her high school reunion, because the show can't resist twisting the knife. Taylor Cole and Stephen Huszar return, with John Wesley Shipp again as her father. A genuine riddle-box hook.
Ruby Herring Mysteries cast
Frequently asked questions
What order should I watch Ruby Herring Mysteries?
Any order works, since each film is a complete case. For the internal timeline, Silent Witness is the origin where Ruby first becomes a sleuth; by release, Her Last Breath and Silent Witness both arrived in 2019, with Prediction Murder following in 2020.
How many Ruby Herring Mysteries movies are there?
There are three Ruby Herring Mysteries movies: Her Last Breath and Silent Witness (both 2019), and Prediction Murder (2020).
Who plays Ruby Herring?
Taylor Cole plays Ruby Herring in all three films. Stephen Huszar is Detective Jake Killian and John Wesley Shipp turns up as her father, John Herring, a former crime reporter.
Are the Ruby Herring Mysteries good?
They are easygoing cozy mysteries, with IMDb ratings from 6.3 to 6.6. The appeal is Ruby's reporter-turned-detective curiosity and her sparring with Detective Killian rather than dark, intense suspense.
Where can I watch the Ruby Herring Mysteries?
They air on Hallmark Mystery and stream on Hallmark+. Check each film's page on HallmarkDB for current availability.