WALLS OF SILENCE
"Psychological crime writing of real authority".

Barry Forshaw, author of 'Historical Noir' (April 2018)

WALLS OF SILENCE
Readers are saying:


"It is something remarkable".

"It’s unnerving, it’s shocking and at times it’s disturbing".

"I was blown away by the complexity of writing something so believable and all-encompassing".

RUTH WADE TALKS
to Barry Forshaw in Crime Time



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FOUL TRADE

"Truly an auspicious debut, with a wonderful heroine, a twisting plot and a great sense of period".

ANDREW TAYLOR
Triple winner CWA Historical Dagger

FOUND DROWNED
Readers are saying:


"The atmosphere of 20’s dockland London was captured superbly"

"An endearing, classy, exciting read, with a killer plot".

"A well written and fast paced intrigue with disquieting historical details".

Ruth Wade: author, writing tutor, creativity coach.

Welcome to my website. I hope you find what you are looking for, and discover some interesting things along the way. Stay awhile and you can:
Explore my novels and the worlds that created them.
Share in my ten years’ experience as a creative writing tutor and discover techniques to harness and unleash your creativity.
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Walls of Silence

The patient has a story that isn’t told and which no one knows of.
It is the secret, the rock against which he is shattered.
Carl Jung

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WALLS OF SILENCE
by Ruth Wade
#1 Amazon bestseller

May Keaps Series

London's East End in the 1920s and a young woman is investigating unnatural and untimely deaths.

Foul Trade by BK Duncan Foul Trade by BK Duncan

Foul Trade
by BK Duncan
#1 Amazon bestseller

The Last Post by BK Duncan The Last Post by BK Duncan

The Last Post
by BK Duncan
#1 Amazon bestseller

Found Drowned by BK Duncan Found Drowned by BK Duncan

Found Drowned
by BK Duncan
#1 Amazon bestseller

Dance Quartet Novels

Four books exploring four Deadly Sins in four different locations. All driven by the passion of dance.

Flamenco dancer in Granada, Andalusia. The first book in Rhythms in Crime quartet: A Fatal Rhythm by Ruth Wade Flamenco dancer in Granada, Andalusia. The first book in Rhythms in Crime quartet: A Fatal Rhythm by Ruth Wade Flamenco dancer in Granada, Andalusia. The first book in Rhythms in Crime quartet: A Fatal Rhythm by Ruth Wade

A FATAL RHYTHM
by Ruth Wade

Rumba dancers on Cuba. The second book in Rhythms in Crime quartet: Dancing with Death by Ruth Wade Rumba dancers on Cuba. The second book in Rhythms in Crime quartet: Dancing with Death by Ruth Wade Rumba dancers on Cuba. The second book in Rhythms in Crime quartet: Dancing with Death by Ruth Wade

DANCING WITH DEATH
by Ruth Wade

Creative Writing

The secret is to follow the advice the masters give you in their works while doing something different in yours.
EDGAR DEGAS

No one writes as well as he would like to; he only writes as well as he can.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM      

I have been a full-time writer for 20 years, a creative writing tutor for ten of those and a creativity coach for a little less. During all that time I have been guided by the insights of writers who, like me, persevered with trying to be the best writer they could possibly be. Discover some of that valuable wisdom for yourself.

 

On the Craft of Writing: An Interview

Ruth Wade (as BK Duncan) talking about the writing of Foul Trade in a conversation filmed by Cambridge TV. Watch it for insights into how a book is crafted from the first stirrings of an idea into a plot, and onto the page.

 

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