Ruth Fielding Books in Order

Ruth arrives at Briarwood Hall with Helen Cameron and encounters rival school clubs competing for their allegiance. A supposed haunting and pressure from Mary Cox test their friendship as Ruth considers founding a club with different values.

Ruth joins her friends for a holiday at Lighthouse Point while worrying that her uncle's financial losses may end her schooling. Tensions with Mary Cox complicate the visit, and a girl rescued from a sinking ship brings an unexpected mystery.

A visit to Silver Ranch takes Ruth near the mine where her uncle lost his savings. Investigating its records draws her toward John Cox and suspicious land dealings, while the dangers of ranch country complicate her search for answers.

Ruth and the Cameron twins head to a winter camp with their friends and a reluctant runaway named Fred Hatfield. Following Fred after he flees their train pulls Ruth into a dangerous wilderness adventure involving a panther and an eccentric hermit.

Recently orphaned Ruth Fielding arrives at the Red Mill to live with her stern uncle Jabez Potter. New friendships help her adjust, but a flood and a missing cash box deepen household tensions and draw Ruth into a local mystery.

Ruth encounters Sadie Raby, a girl fleeing cruel foster parents, shortly before a summer visit to Sunrise Farm. There, a feud between neighboring families and the arrival of orphaned children connect her holiday to Sadie's search for her brothers.

After helping injured Jerry Sheming, Ruth learns that his uncle lost papers proving his claim to Cliff Island. A Christmas visit gives Ruth and her friends a chance to search for the missing treasure box while Jerry faces further trouble.

A broken-down car leaves Ruth and Helen dependent on a caravan whose offer of help conceals a kidnapping plan. Their captivity connects an overheard conversation about a valuable necklace to a mystery Ruth hopes can secure her financial independence.

Visiting a Virginia plantation with Helen, Ruth becomes involved in the disappearance of a young boy accused of wrongdoing. Floods, fire, and a pursuit through cotton country complicate her efforts to help him.

Ruth's encounter with a film company sparks an ambition to write moving-picture scenarios. When fire destroys Briarwood Hall's uninsured dormitory, she proposes a campus film to raise rebuilding money, drawing classmates and a producer into her plans.

Ruth and Helen begin life at Ardmore College, where Ruth's screenwriting success provokes resentment among classmates. A fellow student's refusal to join a class tradition leads Ruth into a mystery involving secrets and school rivalries.

Ruth travels to Arizona to write a film scenario at a mining camp, accompanied by Helen and Jennie. A damaged railway bridge, an unfriendly rival, and a mysterious hermit complicate their Western adventure.

Working near the fighting in France, Ruth learns that Tom Cameron has disappeared and faces suspicions of treachery. Convinced of his innocence, she undertakes a dangerous mission that takes her into enemy territory.

As America enters the First World War, Ruth and Helen help organize Red Cross work while Tom prepares for military service. Ruth's determination to do more than collect supplies draws her toward service in France.

Wounded during her wartime service, Ruth boards a ship bound for America while worrying about the missing Tom Cameron. Suspicions about another passenger become urgent when an explosion threatens the voyage and everyone aboard.

After losing her scenario manuscript and notes, Ruth joins a film company working on the Maine coast. A mysterious man's proposed story seems disturbingly familiar, raising questions about the disappearance of her own work.

Ruth helps launch Wonota, a young Osage woman, as a motion-picture actress in a Western production. Their work brings adventure and danger when Wonota's former employer threatens the project and turns his hostility toward Ruth.

Filming in the Thousand Islands brings Ruth into conflict with a rival producer seeking control of Wonota's career. Disputed contracts and claims of government authority threaten the young actress while Ruth tries to protect her.

Determined to establish her own motion-picture company, Ruth struggles to obtain financial backing. An anonymous investor offers a remarkable opportunity, but the arrangement's secrecy leaves her facing questions as she tries to prove her business abilities.

Ruth's film company heads toward Alaska on a voyage combining work and pleasure. After trouble before departure, she overhears sailors plotting against the production and must confront dangers that threaten both the expedition and its films.

Ruth takes her motion-picture company to Montana's Golden Pass to film a Western adventure. Preparing an artificial avalanche for a dramatic scene brings serious hazards, putting the safety of her friends and performers at risk.

While making a film in Alaska, Ruth becomes interested in a deceased man's gold mine and the daughters he left behind. Her northern production also brings renewed trouble with an old enemy from the movie business.

A lucrative scenario competition inspires Ruth to develop a new story while helping an unemployed acquaintance. When her manuscript is stolen, she must confront a rival whose interference threatens her chance at the prize.

Ruth returns to Cheslow after hearing that Mr. Cameron is ill, only to face a bank robbery that imperils her company's funds. Evidence implicates Tom, prompting Ruth and her friends to investigate his mysterious disappearance.

Ruth's Hollywood production becomes the target of a woman denied a leading role. Accusations that Ruth plagiarized her scenario spread through the newspapers, endangering her reputation and the confidence of the actors working with her.

The arrival of talking pictures forces Ruth to rethink her film business and deal with performers unsuited to sound. Jealous rivals and a disputed scenario partnership escalate into a kidnapping that carries her troubles into Mexico.

Vacationing with Tom and their baby at Lake Osago, Ruth encounters a former enemy who claims to have changed. After she rejects his film proposal, the disappearance of Baby June and her nurse shatters the holiday.

A performer using Ruth's name appears in a cheap film based on her own work, threatening her professional reputation. When another script vanishes, Ruth, Tom, and Chess investigate a rival company and Ruth's mysterious double.

Ruth leases an island for a film production, but hostility toward the company and interference from a former employee threaten the undertaking. A theft accusation and a kidnapping plunge her cast into further danger.

An overseas cruise with Helen draws Ruth into royal intrigue after a suitcase mix-up. Helping a displaced prince who hopes to reclaim his throne exposes the friends to powerful enemies and an escalating international conflict.