diff --git a/ruff.toml b/ruff.toml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruff.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[lint]
+select = ["F401", "F541", "F841", "E722"]
+
+[lint.per-file-ignores]
+"tinydb/__init__.py" = ["F401"]
+"tinydb/middlewares.py" = ["F401"]
diff --git a/tinydb/operations.py b/tinydb/operations.py
index 7101a23..f8541fe 100644
--- a/tinydb/operations.py
+++ b/tinydb/operations.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ This would delete the ``foo`` field from all documents where ``foo`` equals 2.
 
 
 from collections.abc import Callable, MutableMapping
+import sys
 from typing import Any, Union
 
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ def delete(field: str) -> Callable[[MutableMapping], None]:
     Delete a given field from the document.
     """
     def transform(doc: MutableMapping):
-        del doc[field]
+        removed = doc.pop(field)
 
     return transform
 
diff --git a/tinydb/queries.py b/tinydb/queries.py
index cdab9fb..489a2be 100644
--- a/tinydb/queries.py
+++ b/tinydb/queries.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class Query(QueryInstance):
         :return: A :class:`~tinydb.queries.QueryInstance` object
         """
         if not self._path and not allow_empty_path:
-            raise ValueError('Query has no path')
+            raise ValueError(f'Query has no path')
 
         def runner(value):
             try:
diff --git a/tinydb/table.py b/tinydb/table.py
index f4027bf..eb8058c 100644
--- a/tinydb/table.py
+++ b/tinydb/table.py
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ class Table:
 
         try:
             raw_table = tables[self.name]
-        except KeyError:
+        except:
             # The table does not exist yet, so it is empty
             raw_table = {}
 
diff --git a/tinydb/utils.py b/tinydb/utils.py
index 43cad4e..07114d5 100644
--- a/tinydb/utils.py
+++ b/tinydb/utils.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Utility functions.
 """
 
+import os
 from collections import OrderedDict, abc
 from collections.abc import Iterator
 from typing import TypeVar, Generic, Union, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING, cast