Deadly Revenge

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.

With each passing moment, the hunt to find the missing infant becomes more urgent and increasingly perplexing.

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.

‘Well written, fast paced and very enjoyable’ The Book Lover’s Boudoir

Leigh Russell’s masterful storytelling will captivate fans of Angela Marsons, Mel Sherratt, and Karin Slaughter.

• The fourteenth instalment of the bestselling DI Geraldine Steel series
• Leigh Russell’s books have sold OVER A MILLION copies worldwide
• In discussion with The Reading Agency about a library promotion for the Geraldine Steel series in 2020 – details to be confirmed
• Significant investment in digital advertising to drive reader awareness of the series
• The first Geraldine Steel novel, Cut Short, was shortlisted for the Crime Writer’s Association (CWA) John Creasey Dagger and Leigh has been longlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library
• For fans of LJ Ross, Angela Marsons and Peter James
• Foreign rights to Leigh’s books have been sold in USA (HarperCollins), Germany (Bastei Lubbe), Italy (Mondadori) plus France, Turkey and China