Following the success of ‘Strange Sally Diamond’, Irish author Liz Nugent returns with ‘The Truth About Ruby Cooper’, a psychological thriller centred on guilt, family secrets, shame and the long shadow of a single life-altering event. In this exclusive conversation, Nugent discusses how Ruby Cooper came to life, why she writes morally complicated women, the role of shame in her fiction and why she is more interested in understanding human behaviour than solving crimes.
