Ruby an Roy and the Murder in the Falls

The first book in the new Ruby Roy Mysteries series; a fun cosy whodunit featuring an absent-minded and accident-prone professor who, when not getting into embarrassing situations, seems to have a knack for solving crime. 

Meet Dr. Ruby Roy. She is a twenty-nine-year-old, goofy, warm, and absent-minded professor in her third year at Baron University, located a few miles from the Falls. A plus-size woman of mixed Indian and Canadian roots, and cursed with an overactive imagination stemming from watching too many Bollywood and Disney films, Ruby is struggling to make her mark and stay out of trouble.

It doesn't help matters that she keeps stumbling into a series of embarrassing incidents, even as she desperately tries to keep her superiors in the College happy. Unfortunately for Ruby, things take a turn for the worse when she discovers Professor Peter Malcolm's dead body in his office. But who could have killed him? And why? And why does the Detective investigating the case look like a famous Hollywood actor? 

Suddenly, all the Poirot, Marple, Sherlock Holmes, and Father Brown books she loves reading seem to have come to life as she finds herself in the middle of a real-life murder mystery. And with the murderer on the loose, no one is safe. With the help of her husband Cleo, her very own Watson, Ruby tries to solve the mystery before she is next on the killer's list! 

About the Author 

Rima Ray spent her childhood in Kuwait, Qatar, India, the Philippines, Japan, Canada, and the US, surviving the first Gulf War in Kuwait and the triple disaster in Japan. She holds Bachelors’ and Masters’ Degrees from Cornell University and Ph.D. from McGill University.

These days Rima leads a more peaceful life as a professor in upstate New York with her husband Frederik. Apart from reading mysteries and working on her next Ruby Roy novel, she enjoys eating Asian food and spending time with her Maine Coon cats, Million and Nobel. 

Her next book "Ruby Roy and the Hawaiian Mystery" is currently in the works.