Lethal Trap

Ten years of marriage. One murdered wife. And a husband everyone is certain did it. When Annabel Benson is found dead, suspicion falls immediately on her husband, Nathan. Their marriage looked solid enough from the outside, but marriages rarely are what they look like from the outside. When a second victim turns up and she is identified as Nathan’s mistress, the case against him seems to close itself.

Almost everyone is satisfied. DI Geraldine Steel isn’t.

Uneasy about where the investigation is heading, and unable to shake the feeling that her colleagues are chasing the wrong man, Geraldine starts pulling on a thread of her own. Somewhere a killer has been waiting for her.

With Geraldine gone and no way to trace her, Ian and the rest of the team are left working blind, racing to find a colleague who might already be beyond saving.

The twenty-sixth Geraldine Steel novel puts one of British crime fiction’s most trusted detectives in more danger than she has ever faced, and asks how far instinct can be trusted when it might cost you everything.

"Lethal Trap" was written by Leigh Russell.

Leigh Russell is the author of the internationally bestselling Geraldine Steel series: Cut Short, Road Closed, Dead End, Death Bed, Stop Dead, Fatal Act, Killer Plan, Murder Ring, Deadly Alibi, Class Murder, Death Rope, Rogue Killer, Deathly Affair, Deadly Revenge, Evil Impulse, Deep Cover, Guilt Edged and the upcoming Fake Alibi. The series has sold over a million copies worldwide. Cut Short was shortlisted for the Crime Writers Association (CWA) John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award, and Leigh has been longlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library Award. Her books have been #1 on Amazon Kindle and iTunes with Stop Dead and Murder Ring selected as finalists for The People's Book Prize. Leigh is chair of the CWA's Debut Dagger Award judging panel and is a Royal Literary Fellow. Leigh studied at the University of Kent, gaining a Masters degree in English and American Literature. She is married with two daughters and a granddaughter, and lives in London.

Yes, "Lethal Trap" is part of the "A DI Geraldine Steel Thriller" series. It's book 26 in the series.