Books by Ruth Dugdall
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review 1: Ruth Dugdall can write rather well, and that is why I am giving this book two stars instead of one. But the subject matter and grotesque turns this story takes left me cold and somewhat repulsed. The purported theme of this book is the consideration of whether assisted suicide is...
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review 1: This novel starts in flashback with a brief mystery and then the short trial of Rose, a vulnerable young woman who is accused of killing a baby boy called Luke. She was found guilty and after several years in a Suffolk prison, she is now up for parole for the first time. Enter Ca...
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review 1: This book is a good reminder for me why I rarely read crime fiction. There are too many horrible issues cramped into one story - incest, rape, suicide, drugs, personality disorder. I did not find the story engaging, only shocking and leaving a sense of disgust. The characters ar...
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review 1: I would give this a 3.5/5, as this is a nicely written psychological mystery (they call it a thriller, but I'm not sure about that). Most of the book is narrated by Rose, telling her story from her prison cell, and also from entries in chapters entitled "Black Book Entry", a jour...
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review 1: A surprisingly satisfying mystery. A few things about it didn't work for me, but overall I found it very enjoyable. One thing that I didn't much like is that I figured out what I thought was the answer to the mystery about midway- I felt there was a giant neon sign suddenly showi...