RUN RUBY RUN: inspired by true crimes

by Jean Thompson Kinsey

Ruby vanishes. Her father is blind, and her mother is incapacitated with grief, leaving Ruby's godmother, Belle Logan, to initiate the search for Ruby. Belle, a widowed lightkeeper, has no means or experience for such a task. She’s reluctant to trust him, but Lawrence Rinehart, her ex-fiancée is Ruby’s godfather and a very wealthy man. He’s the only one who can help her find the little girl since the Memphis police refuse to help.
They escape Memphis with a rescued child as Lawrence leads the ragtag troop of amateur sleuths in a police chase, dodges in front or a moving passenger train, and is arrested for attempting to bribe a BOA undercover officer,
While searching for Ruby, they unveil a child-trafficking ring reaching into the highest levels of power. Children’s Home administrators, doctors, and social workers are abducting and selling children, and corrupt politicians seem to be protecting them. As Belle and Lawrence and a rag-tag troupe of amateur sleuths follow the clues, unexpected sparks of romance, and a bit of humor intermingle with the horror of child abuse.
Belle and Lawrence need to overcome their past and present demons in order to rescue Ruby and other children. Will Belle be found guilty of murder when an orphanage worker is poisoned, and Belle is the only suspect? Run Ruby Run is a suspenseful and emotional story of faith and courage.

309 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 31, 2022