Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild (2022)

I love the tag line on this new novel — “She’s accused of four murders. She’s only guilty of three…” And we are off!

This is a fun read from page one to the conclusion. Rothchild introduces us to Ruby who has indeed killed several people in her short but stressful life in Miami. But this time when her husband dies, she tells us as the narrator that she didn’t do it. Do we believe her? Will that matter to the police?

Ruby is a psychologist who knows the language of guilt and defensiveness. The question in Blood Sugar is, is the reader one of her conquests or do we have the whole story…. yes, it is unsettling but highly engrossing as we watch Ruby justify her killings over the years until finally her history catches up with her.

I found myself not quite rooting for Ruby, and yet I did not want her to be found guilty, especially if she did not kill her husband. This character is not one you will soon forget. My rating 4 of 5.