Awards

• Short-listed for People's Book Prize 2011 (UK)
• Short-listed for People’s Book Prize 2011 (UK)
• Shortlisted for People's Book Prize: Fiction 2011.
• Winner of Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger (UK).
• Winner of Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger Award 2005.
• Winner of Luke Bitmead Writer's Bursary 2009 (UK)
• Winner of Luke Bitmead Writer's Bursary 2009.

Overview

They came for me, just like I knew they would. Luke had been dead for just three days. Rose Wilks' life is shattered when her newborn baby Joel is admitted to intensive care. Emma Hatcher has all that Rose lacks. Beauty. A loving husband. A healthy son. Until tragedy strikes and Rose is the only suspect. Now, having spent nearly five years behind bars, Rose is just weeks away from freedom. Her probation officer Cate must decide whether Rose is remorseful for Luke's death, or whether she remains a threat to society. As Cate is drawn in, she begins to doubt her own judgment. Where is the line between love and obsession? Can justice be served and, if so... by what means?

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‘Dark, disturbing and authentic.’ -- CWA judging panel ‘Impressive in its unflinching realism, this is a dark and haunting psychological thriller that possesses both depth and sensitivity.’ * Crime Time * ‘Authentic… diverting.’ * The Daily Mail * 'Just when I thought I'd got it sussed, I'm proved wrong. This is a clever and suspenseful story told in an engaging style.’ * The Book Bag *

'Just when I thought I'd got it sussed, I'm proved wrong. This is a clever and suspenseful story told in an engaging style.' * The Book Bag * `Authentic... diverting.' * The Daily Mail * `Impressive in its unflinching realism, this is a dark and haunting psychological thriller that possesses both depth and sensitivity.' * Crime Time * `Dark, disturbing and authentic.' -- CWA judging panel

'Impressive in its unflinching realism, this is a dark and haunting psychological thriller that possesses both depth and sensitivity.' - Crime Time

Author Information

Ruth Dugdall is a British crime writer. She worked for almost a decade in the criminal justice system as a probation officer, specialising in the most extreme crimes when she was seconded to a high security prison. Her first novel, The James Version, is a historical fiction based on the notorious murder of Maria Marten in the Red Barn, Suffolk. The Woman Before Me, the first novel to feature probation officer Cate Austin, won the CWA Debut Dagger, the 2009 Luke Bitmead Bursary Award and was shortlisted for the 2011 People’s Book Prize. The Sacrifical Man is Ruth’s third novel.

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