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Ruth Dugdall

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Ruth Dugdall is a crime novelist and Royal Literary Fellow. She holds a Doctorate in Creative Writing and her specialism is the role if probation and rehabilitation in crime narratives.
Ruth was a probation officer, and has worked in prison with offenders guilty of serious crimes, including stalking, rape and murder.
The Woman Before Me won the CWA Debut Dagger & the Luke Bitmead Bursary.

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Average rating: 3.93 · 11,196 ratings · 1,230 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors

	My Sister and Other Liars 4.10 avg rating — 4,146 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Woman Before Me 3.81 avg rating — 3,564 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Humber Boy B (Cate Austin, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 1,059 ratings — published 2015 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sacrificial Man (Cate Austin, #2) 3.75 avg rating — 826 ratings — published 2011 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Things You Didn't See 3.81 avg rating — 741 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nowhere Girl (Cate Austin, #4) 3.73 avg rating — 719 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The James Version 3.87 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ruth Dugdall Collection 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Boy B: Don’t miss this gripping psychological suspense thriller, perfect for fans of the hit Netflix drama Adolescence, in 2026! (The Cate Austin Casefiles) (Book 3) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“...that realisation that I was the oddity, the statistical probability, life was predictable.”
― Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man

tags: epiphanic-moment, epiphany, philosophical, philosophy-of-life, realism, reality, realization, statistics

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“...human beings have a distorted view of risk. They don't see the whole picture. Our perceptions are twisted by stories in the media, by films, by our own personalities and experiences. So, despite the unlikely odds, we still worry about being raped or murdered. We hear a sound in the night and think of burglars, not mice... It's kind of a protective pessimism: if we worry about the worst happening, it may miss our door.”
― Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man

tags: death, distortion, hope, humanity, life, perception, risk

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“Say something often enough, people think it’s true. But what happens if it’s a lie and people just go on believing it?”
― Ruth Dugdall, My Sister and Other Liars

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“No matter how much the therapists over the eighteen months have told me that talking will help, I don’t believe them.”
― Ruth Dugdall, My Sister and Other Liars

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“gazing abstractly out on the Ipswich skyline, listening to the beep of the machine. We watched nurses press buttons, shine a torch into Jena’s eyes and clip her finger with a gadget to measure her pulse. Minutes ticked by with no change.”
― Ruth Dugdall, My Sister and Other Liars

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