Murderer of the Jujube Candy Heiress: A Cold Case with Author Taylor Baldwin Kiland

One candy heiress, two bullets, and three suspects.

Coronado rarely makes news for violent crime. But in the spring of 1975, World War II widow and retired librarian Ruth Quinn was murdered, execution-style, in her cottage. Her death sent a shock wave through the community. The granddaughter of Jujubes and Jujyfruits creator Henry Heide, Ruth was found fully clothed with her shoes on, in her bed, dead from two gunshot wounds. To this day, her murder has never been solved but whispers about her brother, her son, and even a local petty thief still swirl.

The Coronado Public Library, in partnership with the Coronado Historical Association, is proud to host Coronado author Taylor Baldwin Kiland as she sifts through the dirt for the facts about Ruth's life and her untimely end fifty years ago. 

Light refreshments will be served and a book-signing will follow. This event is free and open to the public. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis and is subject to availability. Limited Preferred Seating is offered with the pre-order purchase of Murderer of the Jujube Candy Heiress: A Cold Case through the Coronado Historical Association's website. To purchase a pre-ordered signed book and secure ONE reserved seat, visit https://coronadohistory.org/tickets/murder-of-the-jujube-candy-heiress-author-talk. Pre-ordered books will be available for pickup at the event.

Taylor Baldwin Kiland, a former naval officer, is the third generation in her family to serve in the Navy and live in Coronado, California. She is the author, coauthor or ghostwriter of more than twenty books, mostly in the military nonfiction genre and, specifically, about Vietnam prisoners-of-war and their families. She has occasionally written some children’s books, including one picture book about Coronado: Oz, Dog of the Del. Taylor lives in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband and daughter, but she visits the island about once a month to check on her dad. Murder of the Jujube Candy Heiress: A Coronado Cold Case is her first cold case murder mystery. Learn more about her at TaylorKiland.com