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The Truth About Ruby Cooper

The deliciously dark new suspense novel from the bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond

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The Truth About Ruby Cooper

By: Liz Nugent
Narrated by: Alex McMorran, Clelia Murphy, Gemma Acosta, Jessica Regan, Roisin Rankin
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The deliciously dark new suspense novel from the international bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond

If my sister hadn’t been beautiful, none of it would have happened.

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.

Across decades, the fallout leaves a wake of destruction behind Ruby in Dublin and Erin in Boston.

Not that Ruby wants to think about the past.

But it can’t stay a secret forever.

‘I couldn't stop reading! Absolutely a triumph!’ Freida McFadden

‘What a read! A brilliantly dark and tangled web that every reader will be completely ensnared by’ Graham Norton

‘An utterly gripping story about how one incident reverberates across time, damaging and destroying lives. I read it as if in a fever’ Shari Lapena

© Liz Nugent 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026

 Crime Thrillers Domestic Thrillers Family Life Genre Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Exciting Scary Boston
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Critic reviews

Dark, fearless and compelling - in other words, classic Liz Nugent. Utterly distinctive and unique, this is another unforgettable work from an outstanding and brilliant crime writer.
I couldn't stop reading! Absolutely a triumph!
An absolute belter of a book ... Liz Nugent at her dark and twisty best (Louise Kennedy)
Absolutely gripping. Another utterly compelling, dark and unsettling piece of work that’s going to give me a book hangover for weeks.
What a read! A brilliantly dark and tangled web that every reader will be completely ensnared by. (Graham Norton)
Only Liz Nugent could have written this book ... an unflinching, darkly funny, sometimes disconcerting and always gripping story (Sinéad Crowley)
Liz Nugent is fearless in the places she will go to uncover our basest, darkest impulses. Ruby Cooper is her most morally complex character yet. Utterly compelling. (Tammy Cohen)
An utterly gripping story about how one incident reverberates across time, damaging and destroying lives. I read it as if in a fever (Shari Lapena)
Utterly compelling and brilliantly imagined … all the way to the last dark twist. (Anthony Horowitz)
Addictive and awe-inspiring, from the first page to the last. (Diane Jeffrey)
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After ‘Strange Sally Diamond’, this is another great story from Liz Nugent! Gripping from beginning to end with super narration. Highly recommend.

Super twisty tale!

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It’s hard to find something that I didn’t like about this book. It’s beautiful and refreshing at the same time.

The reflective honesty of all the characters is so appealing.

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I don’t think I have disliked a character as much as I did with Ruby. The story was good but it was so depressing.

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I was so looking forward to this book being published and boy it didn’t disappoint. A true page turner from start to finish.

You just don’t know what’s going to happen next - utterly brilliant

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I love Liz Nugent’s books, they’re impossible to stop listening to, so I’d been eagerly anticipating this release, and it didn’t disappoint. The storyline was gripping, and the performance was fantastic. As with many of her novels, the main character was deeply flawed, which made the story all the more compelling. I genuinely couldn’t stop listening, I loved every minute of it and I’m sad this story’s over!

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