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Jesse Stone left the LAPD in disgrace over a drinking problem in the wake of his failed marriage to become chief of police in Paradise, Massachusetts. He struggles with alcohol and his tangled relationship with his ex-wife.
In the hazy heat of a Dorset summer, retired DI Thomas Maitland faces an unlaid ghost of the past wreaking retribution in the present.
Detective Erin Crane and her partner, Tom Radley, have been assigned sixteen-year-old Sophie Madson’s murder. This case will test their relationship, and their trust of each other, to its limits.
An inoffensive man is murdered in a seemingly motiveless attack. DI Geraldine Steel and her team are baffled, until DNA from an apparent stranger is discovered on the victim’s body. Someone is lying and the police must uncover the truth before anyone else is killed……
A missing child, an absent father, a race against time.
When a distraught mother reports her baby’s sudden disappearance, taken from her cot in the middle of the night, the finger of suspicion immediately points towards her absent husband.
But Detective Geraldine Steel senses that there’s more to this case than meets the eye.
As the investigation unfolds, a tangled web starts to unravel, exposing hidden secrets within the mother’s life. The spotlight falls on her tumultuous relationship with her controlling father, a controversial figure in the political arena.
With each passing moment, the hunt to find the missing infant becomes more urgent and increasingly perplexing.
Detective Steel is left with no choice but to cast suspicion upon everyone connected to the family. But just as the truth seems within reach, a shocking discovery turns the case into a dangerous game of deadly revenge.
Prepare for heart-stopping twists and a race against time as Geraldine Steel navigates a maze of deception and betrayal. As the body count rises, she must unravel the truth before more lives are lost.
Deadly Revenge is a gripping and suspenseful thriller that will leave you breathless.
Leigh Russell’s masterful storytelling will captivate fans of Angela Marsons, Mel Sherratt, and Karin Slaughter.
Can be enjoyed as a stand-alone novel.
A hand gripped her upper arm so suddenly it made her yelp. Biting her lower lip, she spun round, lashing out in terror. As she yanked her arm out of his grasp, her elbow hit the side of his chest. Struggling to cling on to her, he lost his footing. She staggered back and reached out, leaning one hand on the cold wall of the tunnel….
Could it be the end for Sharman? For seven years, ex-cop Nick Sharman has lived in ‘exile’ on a Caribbean island with no UK extradition treaty – his life of luxury funded by the proceeds of a bank robbery where he was the last man standing. Then a phone call out of the blue from London changes everything. The voice from the past belongs…
It’s the oldest story in the world: boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl. But when the boy is Nick Sharman, and the girl has a violent ex-jailbird as an old boyfriend, who promises extreme retribution on anyone who gets involved with her, it’s never going to be that simple….
Henk van der Pol is a 30 year term policeman, a few months off retirement. When he finds a woman’s body in Amsterdam Harbour, his detective instincts take over, even though it’s not his jurisdiction. Warned off investigating the case, Henk soon realises he can trust nobody, as his search for the killer leads to the involvement of senior…
The dead body of unassuming David Lester is discovered in a dark side-street, and DI Geraldine Steel is plunged into another murder investigation. The clues mount up along with the suspects, but with the death of another man in inexplicable circumstances, the case becomes increasingly complex. As Geraldine investigates the seemingly…
Sharman’s Christmas with his daughter Judith starts with the worst of gifts: news that his ex-wife, Laura, her new husband and their baby son have been killed in a bomb explosion on a plane……
