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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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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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Liz Nugent has very quickly become one of my favourite autors just after reading couple of her books. Now I read anything she writes and I know it is going to be good. This book is no exception. I love that Liz's characters are flawed. It makes her stories unique. This was another great book from Liz and I could not stop listening to it. Amazing performance by the narrators💜

Wonderful 💜

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I really enjoyed this story, the characters, the narrators, a brilliant book, I was sad that it finished.

good story 👏

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absolutely amazing but not a light read. stomach churning story, personally had to listen in bite sized chunks because of the emotional impact it had on me. liz nugent is truly skilled in creating stories that will stay with you forever.

SICK AND TWISTED

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Liz Nugent is by far my favourite author. This title is another fantastic example of her work with a deeply flawed but real main character and a fascinating plot! Recommended

another fantastic book

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Wow what a book. I couldn’t stop listening. The early-on twist completely shocked me and I became both fascinated and disgusted by the main character. I’ve listened to all of the author’s books and have found the performances great - the flatness of the voices works so well. This book is the same, and another way that I became so interested in the characters. It’s a triggering book in several ways but I loved it

Enthralled and disturbed

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