Ruby Webster

Ruby Webster, a character in the Crimes of Passion series, is a medical examiner. She is first seen in Book 1, Chapter 2.

Appearance
Ruby has long curly pink hair, brown eyes, and dark skin. She wears glasses, golden earrings, and a pink floral blue shirt underneath a white lab coat with a pen attached to it. She also wears pink jeans.

Personality
Summed into two words by Trystan Thorne, Ruby is chipper and nerdy. In Chapter 6, she admits to being a compulsive workaholic, often working over 80 hours a week. If you suggest a lab assistant for her to help with the workload, she states she prefers to work alone, comparing lab assistants to toddlers.

Book 1

 * Chapter 2: Follow My Lead
 * Chapter 3: Body Language
 * Chapter 4: The Royal Treatment
 * Chapter 5: Up In Flames
 * Chapter 6: Sleep When You're Dead
 * Chapter 7: Cold Call (Mentioned; Physical Appearance Determinant)
 * Chapter 9: The Rite Track
 * Chapter 10: Behind the Mask
 * Chapter 11: Reasonable Doubt
 * Chapter 13: A Stab in the Dark
 * Chapter 14: The Heat
 * Chapter 15: The Final Curtain
 * Chapter 17: The Long Goodbye

Book 2

 * Chapter 1: To Catch A Thief
 * Chapter 2: The Price of Infamy
 * Chapter 3: Drakovian Intelligence
 * Chapter 4: Objection
 * Chapter 5: A Rose Among Thornes
 * Chapter 6: Served Cold (Mentioned; Physical Appearance Determinant)
 * Chapter 7: The Drakovian Heir
 * Chapter 8: Unite and Conquer
 * Chapter 9: The Royal Tea (Mentioned; Determinant)
 * Chapter 10: The Mask Drops (Off-Screen)
 * Chapter 11: Footage Not Found

Your Character
You and Ruby are old friends. As the medical examiner for Astoria Mortuary, she is asked to consult for the police and on occasion, she also consults for the Ginovesi Agency.

Luke Watanabe
In the beginning, it appears that Ruby is oblivious to Luke's attraction towards her. In Chapter 17, she admits to having a crush on Luke but doesn't want to jeopardize their friendship. You and Trystan can nudge Ruby and Luke together by playing Trystan's made-up card game called "The King Commands". Trystan creates its rules on the spot, stating that when either of them draw a king, they must kiss. Both Ruby and Luke are skeptical but play along and eventually kiss at the end.

Trystan Thorne
You introduce Trystan to Ruby outside of the Calloway Museum.

Trivia

 * She went to medical school, and has two PhDs.
 * She enjoys reading crime novels, in particular "Dead by Dawn" by Nick Bastion, even though the science in them are absolute garbage.
 * According to her dossier, she graduated high school at age 14, then she studied anthropology before pursuing a Doctor of Medicine from John Hopkins University. Prior to joining Astoria Mortuary, she turned down six figure offers at Duerr, Medicus and Neosynth Labs.
 * Her dossier makes the very common mistake of calling her alma mater John Hopkins University instead of Johns Hopkins - the Baltimore-based research institute is named after its founder, whose first name truly was Johns rather than John. However, in the same scene where the dossier is revealed, MC uses the correct name for the university.
 * In Chapter 6, she describes her family as "beautiful extroverts," with her father being "the life of every party," her mother being "the queen of the Westchester social scene," and her older sister being a model turned Pictagram influencer.
 * Given the other locations named in the scene, she is likely referring to Westchester, New York and not the fictional town of the same name from the It Lives series.
 * In a premium scene in Chapter 10, you get the chance to play as her as she drives the van to you for backup.