Ruby Barnes is a British author based in Kilkenny, Ireland. He writes thrillers and non-fiction guides. Ruby's writing is dedicated to the memory of his late grandfather Robert 'Ruby' Barnes.
Peril is the first novel from Ruby Barnes, available in ebook and paperback format from all major online bookstores.
A contemporary crime thriller set in Dublin, Ireland.
Full of sharp wit and realistic characters, this book does exactly what it sets out to do - take readers on an adventure and leave them wondering what could possibly happen next.
Ruby Barnes has taken a character's life and spins a web that keeps you reading until the very end.
Ger is an anti-hero, the lad all the lads want to be, the guy all the girls love to hate but just can't bring themselves to. Scrape after scrape, he trundles through life with all the awareness of a rock, and yet you just can't help rooting for him.
Like nothing I've ever read before. The story is well written with a fast pace, intriguing plot twists and a good balance of dark humour and human drama.
You won't want to put it down... it twists and turns like a twisty turny thing.
A fantastic read, one of those rare books that keeps you guessing.
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Gerard Mayes is in a bind. He's committed most of the seven deadly sins and is trying to avoid paying the price.
I balance on the precipice of life. Friends and family have turned their backs on me and walked into the shadowland. Police and thieves are shouting Jump, Ger. Do it.
Ladies, don't let your man read this book. You don't want him getting ideas on how to misbehave.
Fellas, keep your copy of Peril well hidden.
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A contemporary crime thriller set in Dublin, Ireland.
Full of sharp wit and realistic characters, this book does exactly what it sets out to do - take readers on an adventure and leave them wondering what could possibly happen next.
Ruby Barnes has taken a character's life and spins a web that keeps you reading until the very end.
Ger is an anti-hero, the lad all the lads want to be, the guy all the girls love to hate but just can't bring themselves to. Scrape after scrape, he trundles through life with all the awareness of a rock, and yet you just can't help rooting for him.
Like nothing I've ever read before. The story is well written with a fast pace, intriguing plot twists and a good balance of dark humour and human drama.
You won't want to put it down... it twists and turns like a twisty turny thing.
A fantastic read, one of those rare books that keeps you guessing.
~~~~~~~~~~~
Gerard Mayes is in a bind. He's committed most of the seven deadly sins and is trying to avoid paying the price.
I balance on the precipice of life. Friends and family have turned their backs on me and walked into the shadowland. Police and thieves are shouting Jump, Ger. Do it.
Ladies, don't let your man read this book. You don't want him getting ideas on how to misbehave.
Fellas, keep your copy of Peril well hidden.
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The Baptist is the second novel from Ruby Barnes. A contemporary psychological thriller set in Kilkenny, Ireland.
Tight writing, very atmospheric. A chilling tale of real evil.
Dark and disturbing, but oh so good.
Dark and dingy, hot and steamy, everything you need from a novel in one swift download.
Well written and totally convincing, it provides an absorbing insight into the minds of some very strange characters. It's not without humour albeit of the dark kind.
Compelling and very, very different.
I was hooked right from the start and loved the dark and sinister quality of this tale.
He's clever, calculating and uncatchable. If you hear a knocking on your door don't let him in. John Baptist is cleansing a path for the Second Coming.
To deliberately drown your brother in a bathtub is a terrible, if clean, thing. Might it not be excused, if he is the manifest son of Satan? But that wasn't the view of the Authorities, when they committed John to Fairfield Mental Institution. It wasn't all bad; they let him keep his hair long and he met Dirty Mary. Like an institutionalised Bonnie and Clyde, they roamed the Victorian asylum and grounds, fulfilling their deluded fantasies. There were casualties.
John and Mary loved, lost and left. Thank God for Care in the Community.
When God shines a light, it burns.
The last prophet must wander, cleanse.
I am not the One. I am merely sent to prepare a way for the One.
I am The Baptist.
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The Crucible Part 1 is the third novel from Ruby Barnes.
Southern Cameroon, West Africa 1936
A virus mutated and crossed the barrier from primate to human. In less than a century it had claimed the lives of twenty-five million people. Africa, a land of natural beauty and riches, ripe for plunder, full of dark menace.
In a near future scenario of viral pandemic, global religious conflict, climate change and mass migration, America and the Middle East are locked in a religious fundamentalist race to Armageddon, while the old nations of Europe flex their imperial muscles. Will mankind rediscover the Garden of Eden or ignite the crucible of the apocalypse?
The Europeans are using stealth and Thomas is the most deadly of mercenaries. Any conscience he had died with his wife and children under a blood-soaked African sun. He works for an agency with a taste for righting wrongs on a grand scale - an organisation with deep pockets, altruistic motives and a pragmatic approach to the dispensation of justice.
Greg is a failed philanderer and small-time inventor, struggling to earn a crust for his family. When the enigmatic Thomas steals his identity, Greg is lured into a web of global corruption, conspiracy and murder. But are these unlikely friends really on the side of good or evil?
Some early reader feedback on The Crucible:
'The idea of an insanely evangelicized America is ludicrous... AIDS is not a conspiracy... Love, sex, murder, romance; James Bond meets Tom Clancy.'
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Southern Cameroon, West Africa 1936
A virus mutated and crossed the barrier from primate to human. In less than a century it had claimed the lives of twenty-five million people. Africa, a land of natural beauty and riches, ripe for plunder, full of dark menace.
In a near future scenario of viral pandemic, global religious conflict, climate change and mass migration, America and the Middle East are locked in a religious fundamentalist race to Armageddon, while the old nations of Europe flex their imperial muscles. Will mankind rediscover the Garden of Eden or ignite the crucible of the apocalypse?
The Europeans are using stealth and Thomas is the most deadly of mercenaries. Any conscience he had died with his wife and children under a blood-soaked African sun. He works for an agency with a taste for righting wrongs on a grand scale - an organisation with deep pockets, altruistic motives and a pragmatic approach to the dispensation of justice.
Greg is a failed philanderer and small-time inventor, struggling to earn a crust for his family. When the enigmatic Thomas steals his identity, Greg is lured into a web of global corruption, conspiracy and murder. But are these unlikely friends really on the side of good or evil?
Some early reader feedback on The Crucible:
'The idea of an insanely evangelicized America is ludicrous... AIDS is not a conspiracy... Love, sex, murder, romance; James Bond meets Tom Clancy.'
Ebook on Amazon