Robert Rutherford
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Robert Rutherford

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Robert Rutherford is author of Sunday Times bestseller, SEVEN DAYS (2024) and THE MISSING HOUR (2025) He had a random mix of jobs before turning to crime writing; he's been a bookseller, pizza deliverer, karate instructor, football coach, and HR Manager. He lives on the North East Coast with his wife, children & overly-needy dog, and is a founding member of the Northern Crime Syndicate crime-writers group.

Robert’s work has also seen him win the Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction in 2021, as well as being shortlisted for a CWA Dagger in 2021 and 2022, and long listed in 2024.

He also writes as Robert Scragg, with "What Falls Between The Cracks", the first in his Porter & Styles series, written under Robert Scragg, being chosen as a New Writing North pick as one of the 2019 Read Regional books of the year.

Outside of crime fiction, Robert is also a scriptwriter for a number of popular podcasts such as Deathbed Confessions, Short History Of, and more recently, History Daily - all available wherever you get your podcasts from.
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