Ruby Ray Mysteries, a series of historical whodunnits set throughout Southern California in the early 1930s, follows the exploits of Ruby Ray, a daring yet quirky investigator with a penchant for finding herself in the wrong place at the right time. Infused with historically accurate places and events, not to mention a famous name here and there, the novels paint a picture of the “land of sunshine and dreams” in the days leading up to the Great Depression.