The Woman Before Me

WINNER OF THE CWA DEBUT DAGGER AWARD'Authentic ... diverting debut' Daily Mail
'Ruth Dugdall's novels are intelligent and gripping, with a sophisticated psychological sensibility. She is a huge talent.' Sophie Hannah
Rose Wilks' life is shattered when her newborn baby Joel is admitted to intensive care. Emma Hatcher has all that Rose lacks. Beauty. A loving husband. A healthy son. Until tragedy strikes and Rose is the only suspect.
Now, having spent nearly five years in prison in Ipswich, Rose is just weeks away from freedom. Her probation officer Cate must decide whether Rose is remorseful for her crime, or whether she remains a threat to society. As Cate is drawn in, she begins to doubt her own judgement.
Where is the line between love and obsession? Can justice be served and, if so... by what means?
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About the author

Ruth Dugdall

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Dugdall, Dugdall Ruth
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 29.01.2026
• EAN: 9780008803735
• ISBN: 978-0-00-880373-5
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 270 g
• Series: Cate Austin
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Women, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, Suffolk, FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, Thriller / suspense, Psychological thriller, Narrative theme: love / relationships, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, FICTION / Family Life / Parenthood & Children