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Robert Rutherford



Robert Rutherford had a random mix of jobs before taking the dive into crime writing; he's been a bookseller, pizza deliverer, karate instructor, football coach, and HR Manager. He lives on the North East Coast with his wife, children & overly-needy dog, and is a founding member of the Northern Crime Syndicate crime-writers group.

Seven Days, a high-concept thriller, is the first in a two book deal with Hodder.

He also writes as Robert Scragg, with "What Falls Between The Cracks", the first in his Porter & Styles series, written under Robert Scragg, being chose as a New Writing North pick as one of the 2019 Read Regional books of the year. Rob’s work has also seen him win the Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction in 2021, as well as being shortlisted for a CWA Dagger in 2021 and 2022.
 


Genres: Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
April 2025

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The Missing Hour
 
Novels
   Seven Days (2024)
   The Missing Hour (2025)
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A Reluctant Spy (2024)
David Goodman
"One of the most polished assured debuts I've read in recent years. A killer concept, artfully executed. A Reluctant Spy is a galloping globe-trotting runaway read that I guarantee will have you in its clutches till the very last page."
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Five by Five (2024)
Claire Wilson
"One of the best debuts I've read in some years. Five By Five is a no-holds barred gritty account of working in the prison service, and told from such a unique perspective. Claire Wilson writes with such a confident and assured voice. Utterly impossible to put down."
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Into the Flames (2024)
James Delargy
"An absolute scorcher that'll be seared into your brain long after you put it down. Simply superb. I felt every lungful of smoke and every lick of flame as I tore through it in two sittings!"

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