Ruth Dugdall

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

‘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...

'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...

'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 —...