Ruth: 3308 books

If I had had the wits to see through his charm, I would have run like the scared rabbit life had made of me. Sand in the Wind is the fourth story in the Prime Time series. In this story, we see the depth of the friendship between Anna and Alina. Anna uncovers more about Helen Dunlop...

The Prime Time series continues with two sweet romances adding to the family saga in this contemporary women's fiction set of novels. The fifth novel in this series examines marriage in all its complexities. Lynn’s marriage is in crisis as she contemplates her husband’s retirement plans....

A crossroads. Judgment. Will they be Shunned? Will Mary's defiance of the Ordnung force her to leave the Amish community? Will Cora lose her home when she breaks her community's Amish law? And will Leah destroy Isaac and Cora's marriage? On the verge of being Shunned for using a cellular...

A mutilated body found at a rock festival. In spite of dire predictions, the rock festival in Kingsmarkham seemed to be going off without a hitch, until the hideously disfigured body is discovered in a nearby quarry. And soon Wexford is investigating the links between a local girl gone bad...

A young girl is murdered in a cemetery. And Wexford's doctor has prescribed no alcohol, no rich food and, above all, no police work. When a young girl's body is found in a London cemetery and the local police, under the command of Wexford's nephew, are baffled, Wexford decides to brave his doctor's...

Rhoda Comfrey's death seemed unremarkable; the real mystery was her life. In A Sleeping Life, master mystery writer Ruth Rendell unveils an elaborate web of lies and deception painstakingly maintained by a troubled soul. A wallet found in Comfrey's handbag leads Inspector Wexford to Mr. Grenville...

The bed was neatly made, and the woman on top neatly strangled. According to all accounts, Angela Hathall was deeply in love with her husband and far too paranoid to invite an unknown person into their home. So who managed to gain entry and strangle her without a struggle? That is the problem...

First in a new women's fiction series from the author of Auld Acquaintance! Mavis and Hilary have a common problem. Both retired widows, they've reached the point in their lives where it would make most sense to move into a retirement community. Neither want that for their future, however,...

The Monster in the Box is the latest addition to Ruth Rendell’s “masterful” (Los Angeles Times) Inspector Wexford series. In this enthralling new book, Rendell, “the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world” (Time), takes Inspector Wexford back to his first murder case—a...

When God offers a second chance, will these Amish women seize it? The Lancaster County Second Chances 6-Book boxed set is a best-selling, complete Christian romance collection that will make you fall in love with an entire Amish community. >>> BOOK 1: An Amish widow. A second...

The sole definitive collection of Jhabvala's work, with an introduction by the author's friend, writer Anita Desai, The only person to have won both a Booker Prize and an Academy Award, Jhabvala is the author of beloved works including Out of India and Heat and Dust, as well as many short stories For...

Three intertwining voices span the twentieth century to tell the unknown story of the Jews in Ireland. A heartbreaking portrait of what it means to belong, and how storytelling can redeem us all. At the start of the twentieth century, a young girl and her family emigrate from Lithuania in search...

James has a great life: a successful career, a loving husband and two beautiful daughters. However, everything changes when he gets a phone call from a hospital informing him that his mother has weeks to live. After decades of anger and silence, James decides to travel back to his childhood home to help the woman he has yet to forgive.

A cross-cultural tale of two women brought together by the intersections of television and industrial agriculture, fertility and motherhood, life and love—the breakout hit by the celebrated author of A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki’s mesmerizing debut novel has captivated readers and...