Murder by the Sea: A Ruby Langford Mystery

A seaside escape. A missing guest. A fall that doesn’t feel like an accident.

Ruby Langford arrives at a quiet seaside hotel hoping for rest—though with her habit of noticing things that don’t quite fit, peace never lasts long.

When her sharp-tongued neighbor disappears after a late-night argument, Ruby tells herself it’s none of her business.

Until the body is found below the cliff.

Everyone calls it a misstep.
Ruby calls it wrong.

With Biscuit, her pastry-stealing Papillon, sniffing out trouble and dragging her into it, Ruby starts piecing together what others overlook—a strange scent, a shifted hallway runner, a keycard that shouldn’t exist.

A nervous married guest, Gary Thomson, is desperate to keep his affair with the victim from coming to light.
A smooth-talking manager seems determined to keep the truth buried.

But in a place where reputation matters more than truth, not everyone wants the past brought into the open.

With Biscuit pulling her toward trouble, Ruby’s quick wit and eagle eye may be the only things that can help untangle the truth.