Ruth Ware, “the reigning queen of British crime fiction” (Daniel Silva), has been interviewed by Nashville Public Television host and author J.T. Ellison about her latest New York Times bestseller The It Girl for the A Word on Words podcast.

In the interview, which you can watch here, Ruth discusses the inspirations behind her latest mystery thriller, being proud to be a crime writer, the characters and role of women in her books, and how she became an author.

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…

Ruth’s latest novel, 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.

Follow Ruth on Instagram @ruthwarewriter and Twitter @RuthWareWriter.