Ruth Ware, the New York Times-bestselling author of the brand new mystery thriller, The It Girl, has written an article for The Bookseller describing her experience of working through lockdown.

In the article, which you can read in full here, Ruth discusses the impact of Covid on the publishing industry and her own book tours, attending virtual events during lockdown, and her nervousness and excitement in returning to an international author tour following the release of her brand new novel, The It Girl.

Everyone wanted her life.
Someone wanted her dead.

It was Hannah who found April’s body ten years ago.
It was Hannah who didn’t question what she saw that day.
Did her testimony put an innocent man in prison?
 
She needs to know the truth.
 
Even if it means questioning her own friends.
Even if it means putting her own life at risk.

Because if the killer wasn’t a stranger, it’s someone she knows…

The It Girl is out now. Grab your US copy here, and your UK copy here, or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.

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