'Brilliant and chilling, Leigh Russell delivers a cracker of a read!' - Martina Cole When a hysterical mother reports her baby's sudden disappearance, suspicion immediately falls on the absent husband. But Detective Geraldine Steel's gut instinct tells her this case is not as simple as her colleagues think...
Complications in the mother's life begin to surface, including her relationship with her controlling father, a controversial political figure. As the police investigate, their urgent attempt to find the missing infant grows ever more perplexing.
Steel is forced to suspect everyone associated with the family and when a body is discovered, matters take a deadly turn.
For fans of Martina Cole, Mel Sherratt and LJ Ross
'Unmissable' - Lee Child 'Leigh Russell is a brilliant talent in the thriller field' - Jeffery DeaverLook out for more DI Geraldine Steel investigations in Cut Short, Road Closed, Dead End, Death Bed, Stop Dead, Fatal Act, Killer Plan, Murder Ring, Deadly Alibi, Class Murder, Death Rope, Rogue Killer and Deathly Affair plus the special Christmas short story, Killer Christmas
Don't miss the DI Ian Peterson series: Cold Sacrifice, Race to Death and Blood Axe
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(@noexitpress, 23 July 2020, 217 pages, ebook, #ARC from the publisher and voluntarily reviewed, #BlogTour 20 July via @RandomTTours)
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I'd never heard of the author before so wasn't sure what to expect with Deadly Revenge. I read a lot of thrillers so expected this to be on par with other similar books I've read. This is a well-written and engaging thriller. It took a few chapters to get into and at first, the characters seemed a bit of a cliché but I settled into a rhythm and started to enjoy myself. I found myself wondering what the truth was because there are so many red herrings and possible explanations. It took a while to warm to Geraldine because at times she irritated me by acting like a lovesick teenager around Ian. But I soon warmed to her. This is well written, fast paced and very enjoyable. I will read the rest of the series at some point.
