Ruth Dugdall

'Ruth Dugdall is a huge talent' Sophie Hannah How do you stop a killer hiding in plain sight? On the morning of her wedding, probation officer Cate Austin receives a call that stops everything: her sister has been found, barely alive, on a Suffolk riverbank. Police move fast, certain they’ve...

‘Ruth Dugdall’s novels are intelligent and gripping, with a sophisticated psychological sensibility. She is a huge talent’ Sophie Hannah She vanished without a trace. But someone knows exactly where she is. Bronte Lowe — single mother and the key witness to a local hit-and-run —...

Luke had been dead for just three days. Rose Wilks' life is shattered when her newborn baby, Joel, is admitted to intensive care....

On a chilly morning in rural Suffolk, Cassandra Hawke is woken by a gunshot. Her mother is clinging on to her life, the weapon still lying nearby. Everyone thinks it’s attempted suicide—but none of it makes any sense to Cass. She’s certain there’s more to it than meets the eye.

‘Reading this book was like a drug. I could not put it down’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Chilling, gripping and stomach-lurchingly twisted’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A deadly choice in the name of love. Probation officer Cate Austin faces the highest‑profile case of her career: Alice Mariani, a celebrated...

'I was drawn into the book in the best way… really dug into parts of my soul' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'An ending that took my breath away and left my mind reeling!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love can destroy. Obsession can kill. Emma Hatcher has all that Rose Wilks lacks. Effortless beauty. A loving husband. A...

When Probation Officer Cate Austin is given her new assignment, she faces the highest-profile case of her career....

Sam is 17, starving herself and longing for oblivion....

‘Cancel your plans because once you start reading you won't be able to stop’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The book ends with a final twist that is as shocking as it is dramatic’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ He was ten years old when the world decided he was evil. A child is killed falling from the Humber Bridge...