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BESTSELLING AUTHOR
RUTHIE PEARLMAN
ABOUT MY BOOKS
Working it Out
Working it Out. #1 in the trilogy about Rifki Nesher; the Orthodox Jewish teen who wants to study medicine. We follow her through many crises and dilemmas, through to her marriage as she struggles to pursue her dream
Getting It Right
Getting It Right. #2 in the Rifki Nesher trilogy. Will motherhood put an end to her dreams to study medicine? Lots of twists and turns confront her on this fascinating journey that mirrors so many women's journeys, whether Orthdox Jewish or not
Making it Last
Making it Last. Final book in the trilogy sees Rifki with major decisions to make. Does she forge on ahead to her goal, or put her growing family first? Will she ever become the doctor she has dreamed of being? Or will she have to abandon her hopes in the face of the ever-encroaching reality of her family, her community and her faith? We live Rifki's life through so many hopes and despairs, that she becomes a part of our lives; her ups and downs become ours. This woman lives and breathes in all of us.
Against the Wall
Against The Wall. A groundbreaking novel about Jewish teenagers at risk. Based on real stories.
Daniel, My Son
Daniel, My Son. A fictionalised account of our experiences as foster parents. Heartbreaking and heartwarming all at once.
Dark Tapestry
Dark Tapestry. #1 in the Colin and Leora Crime Thriller trilogy. Eight-year-old Josh Hardman is kidnapped from his bedroom. DI Colin Sommers, a lapsed Jew, has to re-enter his own past in order to try and find Josh before it's too late.
The Movement
The Movement. Was Miriam Brandeis just a hysterical, attention seeking teenager or had she really murdered the young man she had only just met? If so, why was there no police report, and no body? Colin and Leora take extreme risks to uncover the secrets of a dastardly cult that threatens the lives of ordinary Jewish families and has global aims too horrible to contemplate.
Carers Ltd.
Carers Ltd..#3 in the Colin and Leora series. How can a company dedicated to caring for others hide such a dark evil secret?
The Group
The Group. Socially isolated and unconfident Atara Gelbstein, is encouraged by her husband David to join a local woman's group in her new neighborhood. He is surprised when she comes home from the first meeting happy, even elated. But somehow changed. And not for the better. What is behind the sinister façade of The Group?
An Ordinary Wednesday
An Ordinary Wednesday. Ordinary everyday guy Ephraim Freedwald, married father of four, finds himself caught up in an international conspiracy and terrorist plot that turns his life frighteningly extraordinary.
School of Secrets
School of Secrets. A teenage girl in the Witness Protection System is placed at a remote Jewish school. The man who wants to kill her tracks her down. Drama and action on every page. This book is the first in a series still being written
Lockdown
Lockdown. Long-awaited and thrilling sequel to School of Secrets. Yael Reed, supersleuth and senior at the remote British school, helps the local police unravel a nasty crime at the school, which is on lockdown after the visit of a local MP and his wife.
Disappeared
Disappeared. 3rd in the School of Secrets and Lockdown series. Teenage girls start disappearing from a London school. PI Yael Reed is hired to find out what's behind the vanishings. Are they crimes, or merely girls wanted to break free? As usual with Yael's cases, things quickly turn very unpleasant indeed.
Whispers
Whispers. Now you see them; now you don't... PI Yael Reed faces her most baffling and dangerous challenge yet when a teenage babysitter consults her about the Case of the Disappearing Babies.....
Foundling
In this thriller, Foundling, Yael Reed has a new and dangerous case. And this time, it's personal. Searching for the father she didn't even know she had, Yael puts herself in more danger than ever before. 5th in the School of Secrets series, this follows Whispers.
Target
Target. If you can't trust family...who can you trust? Supersleuth Yael Reed, finally reunited with her dad, a well-connected undercover agent, helps a young neighbor investigate her own mysterious father and his shady past. A dangerous incident at Yael's Golders Green apartment block and threats from a worldwide crime syndicate warn her to back off-or pay with her life.
Bloodline
Bloodline. Free-spirited supersleuth Yael Reed is engaged to Shabak operative Doron Yair. Although her mother refuses to attend the wedding, the bride-to-be discovers she has a half-sister—who mysteriously disappeared years ago. Yael flies to bustling New York to search for clues—but everyone is too terrified to help her. Working undercover as a young convict in a cruel detention center, the feisty PI discovers a sinister scandal.
Coercion
Coercion. Supersleuth Yael Reed is back! She's newly married and is now Yael Yair, Students and staff at Ner Miriam, the boarding school remotely situated on the clifftops above Bournemouth on the English coast, are receiving shocking blackmail notes, threatening to reveal their darkest, deepest secrets. When the horrific threats go way too far, the school is in an uproar. Can Yael track down the blackmailer before anyone else is traumatised, or worse?
Infiltrator
Someone here can't be trusted...Newly married supersleuth Yael Yair is back! Meira, the daughter of an Israeli secret service agent, is in danger, and she’s sent to a seaside boarding school in England to keep her safe. But when she and a classmate are kidnapped, students and staff are shocked to the core. Can Yael rescue the missing schoolgirls from their ruthless tormentors?
Suspicion
The chase is on. Meira Goldstein is sure she’s being followed. Her father, an Israeli secret service agent, brushes off her concerns — surely she’s imagining things. But when Meira’s worst suspicions come true, her family is horrified. In this latest thriller from the wildly popular series by Ruthie Pearlman, join Meira as she gathers the grit to outsmart her pursuers and run for her life.
EXCITING NEWS!
Amazon Kindle KDP has accepted my books onto their new Beta
program to be turned into audio books using AI voices.
I chose a voice for the first one, that's already live: Suspicion, and have chosen another voice (male this time) to narrate Against the Wall. I was really impressed by the voices and I hope you will be too! More of my books will appear in audio book format over the coming days and weeks, so look out for them!
To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key.
The List of Books in Order
Series 1:
Rifki Nesher trilogy; Working it Out, Getting it Right Making it Last.
Standalone
with Series 1:
Daniel My Son
Series 2:
Colin and Leora trilogy: Dark Tapestry, The Movement, Carers.
Standalone
with Series 2:
The Group
Standalone:
Against the Wall.
An Ordinary Wednesday
Yael Reed Series:
School of Secrets, Lockdown, Disappeared, Whispers, Foundling, Target, Bloodline, Coercion, Infiltrator Suspicion.
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