All Blog Posts Tagged 'Ruth' (6)

Review - The Sacrificial Man, Ruth Dugdall

Book Title: THE SACRIFICIAL MAN

Author: Ruth Dugdall

ISBN: 9781922079091

Series: Cate Austin

Year of Publication: 2012

Publisher: Text Publishing

Location: United Kingdom

Book Synopsis

When Probation Officer Cate Austin is given her new assignment, she faces the highest-profile case of her career. Alice Mariani helped her lover to die, and Cate has to recommend a sentence. But first she needs to understand.

Why did Alice agree to…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on December 5, 2012 at 5:26pm — No Comments

Review - The Woman Before Me, Ruth Dugdall

Book Title:   THE WOMAN BEFORE ME

Author: Ruth Dugdall

ISBN:   9781921922893

Location: United Kingdom

Series:   Cate Austin

Publisher:   Text Publishing

Year of Publication:   2012

Rose Wilks and Emma Hatcher.

New mothers together.

But Rose's baby is in intensive care, and when Emma's son is killed, Rose is the only suspect.

Probation officer Cate Austin's new case is Rose Wilks, convicted of manslaughter and due for parole after…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on July 27, 2012 at 10:40pm — No Comments

A Grand-Slam Obsession

The first time Ruth Ann Steinhagen laid eyes on Eddie Waitkus she fell in love with him. In 1946, Eddie was the Chicago Cubs first-baseman. Sixteen-year-old Ruth Ann began going to Cubs games with friends. After collecting hundreds of newspaper pictures and articles, she built a shrine to him in her bedroom and often set an extra place at the dinner table for him.

When Eddie was traded to the Phillies in 1948, Ruth Ann cried and…

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Added by Susan on October 24, 2011 at 8:45am — No Comments

Back from Crimefest 2011-great to meet fellow crime writers and some fans of DI Andy Horton

I'm back from having a great time at Crimefest 2011 where I was delighted to meet fans of my DI Horton crime novels and my thrillers from the USA, Australia and the UK. It was also a pleasure to meet up with my fellow crime writers and my publisher.

After…

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Added by Pauline Rowson on May 23, 2011 at 9:33pm — No Comments

• Crime Zapper – Ciao, Zen; Emerald Noir •

• The Twitter-verse is a-flutter with the news that Zen is already sleeping with the fishes after just three pretty well-received episodes, thanks to the BBC's new godfather of BBC1,… Continue

Added by Robin Jarossi on February 25, 2011 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Review - Women Who Kill, Lindy Cameron & Ruth Wykes

Book Title: WOMEN WHO KILL

Author: Lindy Cameron & Ruth Wykes

Publisher: Five Mile Press

Copyright: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-74211-460-6

No of Pages: 250

Book Synopsis:

Women Who Kill explores more than a dozen cases of murder in Australia and New Zealand where women have taken the lives of loved ones and total strangers for the thrill of it.

True Crime writers Lindy Cameron and Ruth Wykes examine the evidence and look inside the hearts and minds of… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on May 18, 2010 at 12:40pm — No Comments