Ruth Iverson

Ruth Iverson, a character in the Crimes of Passion series, is a socialite. She is first seen in Book 1, Chapter 4.

Appearance
Ruth has long blonde hair tied into a bun, gray eyes, light skin, and wears a red lipstick. Her casual outfit consists of a light blue and transparent sweater.

Personality
Ruth appears to be polite, but in reality she is ambitious and only cares for money, prestige and her reputation. Trystan believes that Ruth is a sniveling busybody who's insecure and needs to be liked by her peers, but not a bad person.

Book 1

 * Chapter 4: The Royal Treatment
 * Chapter 5: Up in Flames
 * Chapter 8: Forging Ahead (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 9: The Rite Track
 * Chapter 11: Reasonable Doubt (Determinant)
 * Chapter 14: The Heat (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 17: The Long Goodbye (Mentioned; Determinant)

Your Character
You are introduced to Ruth during the Iverson ball in Chapter 4. If you wear Marguerite's outfit, she says that she's jealous, and that Marguerite knows how to make an impression. She then steals you from Trystan to remind everyone who's party it is, and introduces you to other guests such as Bethany Delgado and Anika Deshpande. In Chapter 9, she along with Kenneth are shown trying to be initiated into the Hand of Mahra, and you and Trystan compete with them.

Eleanor St-Claire
When Eleanor brings up Sonja's murder, Ruth tells Eleanor to have some decorum. Eleanor then jokingly says that her money's on Ruth because she heard that she sacrifices young maidens and bathes in blood to keep her nice skin. However, Ruth says that her crow's feet are her alibi.

Chet Masters
Chet is the hedge fund manager of Ruth's husband, Bryce. Ruth doesn't like him and says that he's slimy, an absolute heel, and that he acts like the wolf of Wall Street, while in reality he bleeds money like a stuck pig. When Chet sees Ruth, she tells her to tell Bryce to stop ducking his calls, and that now that the market is in a downturn, it's time to buy.

Trystan Thorne
If you decide to interrogate her in Chapter 11, she seems to hate you, and blames Trystan for being arrested. You can then threaten her or tell her that you can fix her image, but either way, she wants Trystan to take full responsibility for her being at the Hand of Mahra party and tells you more about how she came upon the cult.

Trivia

 * Her character model resembles female Dale from Save the Date.