Romance Rustlers and Thunderbird Thieves: A Ruby Taylor Mystery

By Sharon Dunn

Ruby Taylor is a fiery redhead with an attitude to match. Somehow her mom, a quirky ex-con-turned-Christian, coerces her into helping two women "wronged in love"--Maryanne (who is packing a loaded gun in search of her husband who walked out on her and stole her classic T-Bird) and Laura (whose "good-boy" fiance mysteriously disappeared two weeks before their wedding day). As she helps these two very different women, she must confront the anger over her own past and her deep-seated bitterness toward God. She uncovers a kidnapping and is thrown into a harrowing adventure with helicopters, flying buffalo, and a horse chase thrown in for good measure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0825424968
• ISBN13: 9780825424960
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Kregel Publications
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Storyline and Well-written book

I really enjoyed this book! It was so suspenseful and still gave that hint of a love story. Fantastic read for everyone who enjoys mysteries. Can't wait for the next one!

An Amazing Book

This book is so full of suprises that I couldn't put the book down. Ruby Taylor's antics will keep you laughing as she searches for a man that disappeared a few days before his wedding. I look forward to reading more books from Sharon Dunn.

The Unexpected

Religious publishing does not often give us such an in-your-face heroine as Ruby Taylor. Ruby is working part-time in a Montana feed store with a string of failed romances behind her when her mother asks her to investigate the disappearance of a young man two weeks before his wedding. Mom, not at all the sweet little old lady she first appears, is certain Ruby is qualified to investigate because a previous dead end job involved typing reports for a private detective.Ruby's childhood, dragged from place to place, sometimes in the middle of the night, left her tough and resourceful, but that thick skin hides a tender heart. Her unique outlook on life had me laughing out loud, and many will identify with her poignant inner struggle to be loved as a person and not simply used by men. Although Ruby loses none of her spunk with her religious conversion, she must have heard a lot of religious language from her mother, because she falls into Christian patterns of thinking more quickly than seems natural to me.The plot of this book is lively, but the strength is definitely in its witty characters. I look forward to Sharon Dunn giving us more of Ruby's fresh, unexpected views of life.