Ruby has spent twenty years trying to shake her suspicions that her childhood best friend was murdered. But now the time has come to find out the truth. Ruby’s only lead is a notebook that uses the symbols on playing cards as a code. But what do they mean? As soon as Ruby starts to investigate, strange things start to happen. A man in a balaclava attacks her, someone tears up her apartment, there’s a series of break-ins at the local theatre where she’s is playing Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest. The deeper Ruby goes into the mystery of Betty’s death the more questions emerge about herself — questions she’d never dared to ask before. If Ruby’s going to uncover the truth, she’ll need to find the wild card — fast.

Renée is a Māori and LGBTQI+ playwright and author who centres women and socialist working class ideals in her work. A sequel to THE WILD CARD, called BLOOD MATTERS will be published in October 2022 in the UK.