Dear lovely Dubray readers, First of all thank you for your patience. It has been three long years since Strange Sally Diamond was published and I’m sure you must have thought I’d gone into retirement, but finally, I’m back with a shiny new book called The Truth About Ruby Cooper. If I was to sum up the book in one word, I might say blame or shame. The book deals with both and the consequences that play out over decades. …
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