My name is Ruby. I live with Barbara and Mick. They re not my real parents, but they tell me what to do, and what to say. I m supposed to say that the bruises on my arms and the black eye came from falling down the stairs. But there are things I won t say. I won t tell them I m going to hunt for my real parents. I don t say a word about Shadow, who sits on the stairs, or the Wasp Lady I saw on the way to bed. I did tell Mick that I saw the woman in the buttercup dress, hanging upside down from her seat belt deep in the forest at the back of our house. I told him I saw death crawl out of her. He said he d give me a medal for lying. I wasn t lying. I m a hunter for lost souls and I m going to be with my real family. And I m not going to let Mick stop me.
About the Author
Kate Hamer's third novel CRUSHED is published in May 2019 (Faber & Faber). She is the author of THE DOLL FUNERAL (Faber & Faber 2017) which was a Bookseller book of the month and an editor's pick for Radio 4's Open Book. Her first novel THE GIRL IN THE RED COAT has been translated into 18 different languages. It was shortlisted for The Costa First Novel Prize, the British Book Industry Awards Debut Fiction Book of the Year, The John Creasy (New Blood) Dagger and the Wales Book of the Year. It was a Sunday Times bestseller. She grew up in the west country and rural Pembrokeshire and now lives with her husband in Cardiff.
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