Ruby Diamond Books in Order

Ruby Diamond is the shared byline on a small run of paranormal cozy mysteries written with Corrine Winters. The six listed novels arrived in 2021 and divide into two three-book story lines: the island-set Magical Kitten Murder Mysteries and the North Carolina-set Mountain Home Magic & Mystery books. Both put a working witch, an animal companion with plenty of opinions, and a local murder at the center of the action.

There is very little verified public biographical detail attached to the Ruby Diamond name. No reliable profile confirms a birthplace, childhood, day job, or route into writing. It is better to leave those blanks alone than to mistake the fictional details of the books for facts about the person behind the byline.

What the books do show is a fondness for the paranormal cozy setup. An Apawling Murder introduces Darcy Settle, a nature witch with leadership duties in her coven, a mouthy feline familiar named Dax, and an investigation that begins at a landfill. The follow-ups, Shrouded In Mewstery and An Unfurtunate Death, keep Darcy on Settle Island as murders, coven tensions, and a troubling threat in the woods give the series an ongoing thread.

The island may be magical, but the problems are recognizably human.

The Mountain Home books take a more musical route. In Lend A Helping Paw, Angelica Parker balances her organic grocery store, healing work, and fiddle-playing with Blue Mountain Baby before the death of a bandmate pulls her into a case. A Sleight Of Paw and Have the Upper Paw bring back Angelica, her Russian Blue kitten Vladimir, her friend Willa Kent, and Sergeant Cary Stewart as the rumors around Foggy Hollow become harder to dismiss.

Cats, covens, and close-knit communities do a lot of the heavy lifting here.

Across both series, the stories favor small places where everyone has history, gossip travels quickly, and an ordinary errand can turn into a clue. The witches are not distant fantasy heroes. They run shops, mentor younger people, play music, manage friendships, and worry about their neighbors. The magic adds color and complications, while the mysteries stay focused on suspects, secrets, and the consequences of local grudges.

The credited books also use a light touch with romantic possibilities. Darcy's partnership with Ranger Cutter develops alongside the island investigations, while Angelica and Cary grow closer as they work cases in Mountain Home. Those relationships sit beside the mysteries rather than replacing them, which makes the books a natural fit for readers who like a little warmth around their amateur sleuthing.

Ruby Diamond's known work is compact, but it has a clear lane. Start with either first book, follow each trilogy in order, and expect supernatural settings, familiar animals, and murder investigations with a cozy pace.