Ruby Herring Mysteries: Her Last Breath

This is the second entry in the Ruby Herring Mystery series that is supposed to be set in Seattle but is so painfully not. Natalie of Natalie's Naturals goes missing and then turns up dead, putting Ruby and detective Jake back together again. Tommy gives Ruby and Jake a pre-autopsy report and Ruby meets to hash out ideas with her retired crime beat father.

"Nancy Drew Strikes again."-Jake

"He's cute."-Jenny "Yeah if you like know it all detective types."-Ruby

This mystery is filled with yoga, smoothies and a struggling artist, but who poisoned our Natalie?

"My very own Hardy Boy"-Ruby to Jake

Ruby and Jake dance around each other solving clues, while her best friend, Jenny, looks for a house and ends up getting to meet Jake Killian's mom, who just happens to be a real estate agent...which is how they discover that Jake can bake.

"A baker with a badge."-Ruby

I'd like to say this hallmark mystery series is growing on me but it isn't. I like the cast, particularly the two leads...but there is just something lacking in the Chemistry. The writing is decent and has fun references to older detective series...like Cagney and Lacey, etc. I would like to like this more than I do, but so far the first two in the series have left me kind of flat, especially with Aurora Teagarden and the mystery 101 series to compete with.

Not much of a success I'm afraid. Worst than the first one. The plot was dull and on top of that Taylor's Cole acting was as cold as a fish. I seriously beleive Hallmark should cancel the show. It is as bad as the Machmaker series. Hallmark have mercy on us poor viewers....

Ruby Herring (Taylor Cole) is doing a friendly story with rich vitamin entrepreneur Natalie Billings. When Natalie is killed in a car accident, Ruby starts investigating and discovers the case is being handled by a familiar face, police detective Jake Killian (Stephen Huszar).

It's the second movie in this Hallmark mystery franchise. I fail to see any chemistry between Cole and Huszar. He has no charisma. Cole is a beautiful woman but her acting is a bit stiff. The main difficulty is that the movie is way too stiff. The mystery isn't much and is really only worthwhile for an hour long episode at best. It's more like a series of discoveries rather than a fun whodunnit. It is all rather flat.

Seattle TV consumer reporter Ruby Herring turns unorthodox investigator when the strange death of her friend, a celebrated health/fitness guru, turns out to be premeditated murder. Determined to find out who killed her friend, Ruby works in the shadows while forming an unofficial alliance with Jake Killian, the handsome Seattle P. D. homicide detective assigned to the case.

Quite a good mystery featuring a typical inquisitive reporter - well all of them are such - who is a few steps ahead of her detective friend. It's standard stuff, well worn, but entertaining. Taylor Cole is quite likeable and cute.

6/10 - a sub-par mystery, but the characters kept the movie engaging