Murder Ring

The seventh in the detective series featuring DI Geraldine Steel

When the dead body of unassuming David Lester is discovered in a dark side-street, 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 unrelated crimes, she makes a shocking discovery about her birth mother.

Hearing footsteps pounding along the street behind him he glanced back, fleetingly worried, then laughed because the street was deserted. All the same, he felt uneasy. Everything looked different in the dark.

Then he heard more footsteps approaching, and a hoarse voice called out.

Turning his head, he made out a figure hovering in the shadows and as it raised one arm, the barrel of a gun glinted in the moonlight.

'Kept me guessing throughout' Noelle, Crime Book Junkie

'Smoothly professional fare from the always-consistent Russell' Barry Forshaw, Crime Time

• The eighth novel in the Geraldine Steel series
• Leigh Russell's books have sold over half a million copies worldwide
• For fans of Peter James, Mark Billingham, Rachel Abbott, Robert Bryndza and Angela Marsons
• Leigh Russell is a CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award nominee for Cut Short, a CWA Dagger in the Library longlisted author and double People's Book Prize finalist
• Foreign rights to Leigh's books have been sold to HarperCollins USA, Bastei Lubbe in Germany, Mondadori in Italy plus France, Turkey and China
• POS material available including bookmarks, showcards and posters

"Murder Ring" 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, "Murder Ring" is part of the "A DI Geraldine Steel Thriller" series. It's book 8 in the series.