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Ruth Mathews

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I'm Ruth. I'm a writer, but I'm also one half of an author. Ruth Mathews is one author in two persons. It sounds theological doesn't it? But actually it's just my friend Mat and me, writing books.

Mat and I knew each other when we were teenagers. Since then we've gone off and done lots of different things, some of them really quite crazy things by the standards of the place where we met; a strict, conservative Baptist church. When we got talking, nearly twenty years after our last proper conversation, we discovered that we both felt our journeys to have been valuable as well as turbulent and that we had emerged with stories to tell and experiences to share.

Mat had ideas for books. I was spilling poetry all over the place. We both wanted to hold the Bible and Christianity up to the light - to look at them from a new perspective and share not only our findings, but our seekings too with as many people as possible. We decided to get together and write novels.

On the whole, we collaborate on the ideas and I do most of the writing. Somehow, it works.

The cover designs and other graphics are also my own.

You can contact us at:

ruth@ruthmathews.net

...AND...

mat@ruthmathews.net


********* APOLOGIES ********

Apologies to anyone who's waiting for me to return a read or such like. If I've promised to look at your book, I will do my best to get onto it asap. Things are crazy at the moment and I'm a bit behind with things. Please bear with me and hopefully I'll be back and active in the not-too-distant future.

Thanks for your patience.

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favourite books

Ruth's favourites:
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Under Milk Wood by Dylan thomas
The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake
The Falco novels by Lindsey Davis

Mat's favourites:
Everything ever written by C.S. Lewis
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
The Owl Service by Alan Garner
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe

my websites

http://www.ruthmathews.net/    

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my books

The Everlasting Monday

Ruth Mathews

Romance and mystery, adventures through space and time... God only knows what's going on. Thankfully He (or She) is the one holding the reins.


The first in a series, The Everlasting Monday is an adventure story intertwined with a classic romance. Through a series of mysteries, dreams and turbulent travels - during which they meet various people from the Old Testament and more than a couple of angels - Rob and Kate are forced to overcome the obstacles that have driven them apart. Not just the physical and emotional distances that now separate them, but the far more troubling legacy of a murky past that somehow links their two families.

But The Everlasting Monday is not just a story of two lovers trying to save their bond from the clutches of a destructive past. It is also a fascinating exploration of the stories of the Old Testament, taken out of their original context and revealed in a new light as part of Kate and Rob’s strange journey of discovery. This surprising and inventive story weaves its many strands together to present the Bible as an astounding, wonderful big picture created by a God who can use anything at all to get our attention.

 

The Scream

Ruth Mathews

Sam wakes up on a train. He doesn’t know who he is or where he’s going. An interesting choice of assistant for a murder investigation.


Sam Roden doesn’t know who he is, where he’s come from or where he’s going. His landlady Elizabeth says that everyone is like that; it’s just that most people don’t realise it. Sam has no memory, only a strange and illogical vision of a room that isn’t there and an eccentric friend who insists that Sam is the perfect assistant in his investigation of a murder.

The Scream is a detective novel with a difference. The difference being that the person helping to investigate the crime is asking the most unexpected questions; questions that are relevant to anyone who is ever going to die.

 

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Adeel wrote 52 days ago

Dear Ruth I will be thankful to you if you can render me your support....

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I am Jack's failure to follow his own 6th and 8th commandment. 1: ....

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I'd be more than pleased if you'd check out my new YA apocalyptic nov....

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I wrote 256 days ago

Well I HAVE to stop for now because I have to feed my children before school... But I wish I could keep on reading. It's great. Very well written, 3D characters, atmospheric and, other responisibilities permitting, a page-turner. Highly starred and watch-listed. I'll try to find a space on my shelf ... view book

I wrote 267 days ago

I've just read the first chapter. It's excellent. Well written, thought provoking. I'll be back for more. Meanwhile, backed and highly rated. Ruth. view book

I wrote 278 days ago

I didn't mean to read now - I'm meant to be looking after my children. I'm afraid I neglected them a little bit for the spellbound duration of your first chapter. It's beautifully written, well-paced and completely entrancing. The characters are very convincing and I like them all. Even, strangely, ... view book

I wrote 279 days ago

Yes, I'm here and have read the opening. Still under a pile of kids so can't read more or comment in detail. But I have to say, through slightly gritted teeth seeing as how I was coerced mercilessly to drop by in the first place, that it's a strikingly good opening. Very well written and it immediat... view book

I wrote 279 days ago

Hi Hayley. I've only read the opening chapter so far and have to break there for now, but I've enjoyed what I've read so far. I like your descriptive style and the wistful atmosphere before the 'twist' is clarified. As Steve says, there's a sense of something ominous right from the start but for ... view book

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