The Truth About Ruby Cooper

<p><b>The deliciously dark new suspense novel from the international bestselling author of <i>Strange Sally Diamond</i></b></p><p><b>THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER</b></p><p> I couldn't stop reading! Absolutely a triumph! <b> Freida McFadden</b></p><p> What a read! A brilliantly dark and tangled web that every reader will be completely ensnared by <b> Graham Norton</b></p><p> A terrifyingly incisive exploration of how one snowball can turn into an unstoppable dark avalanche, how one unthinking crime can send out ripples of destruction across families, continents, and decades - and the sting in the tail is fantastic.' <b>Tana French</b></p><p><b>---</b></p><p><i>If my sister hadn t been beautiful, none of it would have happened.</i></p><p>Ruby Cooper and her sister, Erin, live an idyllic life in their close-knit church community in Boston. But when Ruby is sixteen, she is involved in an incident that causes her family s world to implode.</p><p>Across decades, the fallout leaves a wake of destruction behind Ruby in Dublin and Erin in Boston.</p><p>Not that Ruby wants to think about the past.</p><p>But it can t stay a secret forever.</p><p>---</p><p> An utterly gripping story about how one incident reverberates across time, damaging and destroying lives. I read it as if in a fever <b> Shari Lapena</b></p><p> Liz Nugent at the top of her game a proper work of art nuanced, messy and complicated, just like real-life. <b><i>Irish Independent</i></b></p><p> Absolutely gripping. Another utterly compelling, dark and unsettling piece of work that s going to give me a book hangover for weeks. <b>John Marrs</b></p><p> Utterly compelling and brilliantly imagined all the way to the last dark twist. <b>Anthony Horowitz</b></p><p> Once again, the incomparable Liz Nugent invites us into the darkest parts of the human psyche. I'm certain her legions of fans will agree: Ruby is her most unforgettable creation yet <b>Catherine Ryan Howard</b></p><p> Jaw dropping a masterpiece <b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b></p><p> Only Liz Nugent can create characters like these this is a maestro at work. Another sensational read - clear your diary and prepare to be hooked! <b>Sam Blake</b></p><p>'Dark, fearless and compelling - unforgettable work from an outstanding and brilliant crime writer.' <b>Jane Casey</b></p><p> An absolute belter of a book. Liz Nugent at her dark and twisty best. <b> Louise Kennedy</b></p><p> Twisted and brilliantly observed <b><i>Irish Examiner Culture Magazine</i></b></p><p>'Addictive and awe-inspiring, from the first page to the last. <b>Diane Jeffrey</b></p><p> Essential reading <b><i>Crime Time</i></b></p><p>'Unputdownable, acid-sharp, and emotionally brutal Liz Nugent at her most compulsive.'<b> Dearbhla McTiernan</b></p><p> An intense and gripping novel about a lie that destroys lives and unravels a family over decades. Liz Nugent gets deep into the heads of her characters and lays bare their most human impulses, no matter how dark. A must-read author at the top of her game <b>Gilly Macmillan</b></p><p>'Only Liz Nugent could have written this book ... an unflinching, darkly funny, sometimes disconcerting and always gripping story' <b>Sin ad Crowley</b></p><p> A novel that you will want to avoid life in order to read <b><i>Belfast Telegraph</i></b></p><p> Liz Nugent is fearless in the places she will go to uncover our basest, darkest impulses. Utterly compelling. <b>Tammy Cohen</b></p><p> Unputdownable <b>Kathryn Thomas<i>, Q102</i></b></p><p>'I bloody loved it. Sublime ... dark and hooky.' <b>Louise Swanson</b></p><p> Another triumphant addition to her impressive catalogue <i> <b>Irish Examiner</b></i></p><p> Layered, gripping, darker than dark (a LN trademark), and psychologically complex. Beautifully real, flawed, human characters. SUPERB. <b>Will Dean</b></p><p>'Nugent is one of my favourite all-time writers, and her latest is not just a crime novel, it's a study in humanity. Deserves to be massive <b>Gillian McAllister</b></p><p> Lands blow after emotional blow a novel that