Zelly Ruskin

About The Author

Zelly Ruskin is the award-winning author of Not Yours to Keep (She Writes Press, 2024). She writes domestic suspense that explores the secrets families keep—and the resilience that carries them through. A former social worker and adoption consultant, Zelly is also a (sometimes) artist and a passionate volunteer for brain aneurysm awareness. When she’s not devising twisty plots, she’s likely traveling or hiking—where the next idea often finds her. She lives in New York City with her ridiculous doodle, Strudel.

Books by Zelly Ruskin

One of Us Must Die

A Novel

By Zelly Ruskin
For fans of Kimberly Belle and Apple TV+’s Bad Sisters, a domestic suspense exploring the lengths a woman trapped in an unhappy marriage by an ironclad trust fund clause will go to in order to escape her greedy, gaslighting husband.
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Not Yours to Keep

A Novel

By Zelly Ruskin
SheKnows.com “The 19 Best Books We Read in 2024” * Zibby Awards Winner: Best Family Drama Category * Shelf Unbound 2024 Best Indie Books NOTABLE INDIE * 2024 Somerset Awards short list for Literary and Contemporary Fiction

Called a “sensational debut” by Rea Frey, this psycholo...
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