"Writing is about translating life into words without sacrificing the grimace and the giggle." -E. J. Ruek

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E. J. Ruek,
author / novelist

E. J. Ruek, pronounced "rook", writes contemporary mainstream novels with just a nod of nerve-tingling what-if possibility.

"In life, things are not always as they seem -- not on the surface and not underneath. I like that. I like to write about that. Your auntie might not be that nice lady you always thought she was. In fact, she might be nicer. If fact, she might have hidden knowledge that you never dreamed someone like her could harbor, much less use. She has secrets, and those secrets drive the neighbors crazy, because they just "know" that something isn't quite as "normal" as it should be. ...And it isn't.

"You just never know. You can never assume. Because, when you do, things happen."

OUT NOW IN EBOOK

To Inherit a Murderer

Book I: The Ward

by E. J. Ruek

Willed custody of her best friend’s son, Deborah Rheinhart suspects the twelve-year-old is a murderer…and he is.


At seven, William killed his mother’s dog. At ten, he stabbed his father with a letter opener. There’s the murder of the family maid.

Deborah finds that she’s brought home a boy who is driven by hatred and rage. Injured by him the very first day, William threatens Deborah’s carefully secured life. Finding a knife stuck in her bedroom door, waking to William standing over her when he’s supposed to be locked in his room, she’s is pushed to the brink of hysteria as both she and the boy’s hired chaperones suffer increasingly disturbing incidents.

Straddling North Idaho ranch life and the prestigious world of Grand Prix show jumping, To Inherit a Murderer by E. J. Ruek is the story of a woman who must learn to love and listen, regardless how evil-seeming the child within her care. It is a story about earning respect and admiration by actions, which Deborah achieves, despite herself. William believes in her as he has never believed in anyone. But when Deborah lets her guard down and begins to believe in William, death answers.

Out in ebook for only $4.99. (June 6, 2009)

To be released in hardback Oct 1, 2009 ($26.95)

To be released in perfect bound quality paperback June 1, 2010 ($14.95)