Ruth Dugdall

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

‘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...

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

'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...

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.

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

'An absolute treat … authentic, compelling and incredibly skilful' ANGELA MARSONS 'Lives colliding, secrets unfolding … this book is dark, twisty and original' JACKIE KABLER She vanished without a trace. But someone knows exactly where she is. Bronte Lowe — single mother and the key...

'An absolutely fantastic read with brilliant characters. OMG I didn’t see that coming' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'THIS is cracking fiction, yet has the power to feel disturbingly real' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ He said he wanted to help her. That was the first lie. On the opening night of the biggest festival in...

‘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...

'I was HOOKED. I read this book in a matter of hours racing to get to the final pages … It’s full on twisty, suspenseful and the ending, just wait till you read that!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I was drawn into the book in the best way… really dug into parts of my soul' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love can...