Leigh Russell Bücher

Eine Explosion reißt das mittelalterliche Städtchen Harchester frühmorgens aus dem Schlaf. Das Haus der Cliffs brennt, der Ehemann Thomas stirbt an einer Rauchvergiftung. DI Geraldine Steel, die ermittelnde Polizistin, glaubt nicht an einen Unfall, womit sie Recht behalten soll. Erste Spuren deuten auf die trauernde Witwe als Täter, die zudem kein Alibi vorweisen kann. Doch dann tauchen neue Beweise auf, die den Mord mit einer Einbruchsserie in Verbindung bringen. Wurde Thomas Cliff etwa von Einbrechern getötet? Als zwei weitere Morde geschehen, eskaliert die Situation ...

Detective Inspector Geraldine Steel hat in ihrer Dienstzeit schon viele furchtbare Dinge gesehen. Doch als die Leiche der Schulleiterin Abigail Kirby in einem Park gefunden wird, ist selbst die erfahrene Ermittlerin entsetzt. Denn die Frau wurde nicht einfach nur getötet - ihr wurde die Zunge herausgeschnitten, während sie im Sterben lag. Geraldine und ihre Kollegen stehen vor einem Rätsel - und bald vor der nächsten verstümmelten Leiche, einem Mann, dem vor seinem Tod die Augen entfernt wurden. Als wenig später die Tochter des ersten Opfers verschwindet, ahnt Geraldine, dass ihnen die Zeit davonläuft ...

Nach der Trennung von ihrem Lebensgefährten wagt Detective Inspector Geraldine Steel den beruflichen Neuanfang in Woolsmarsh, einer beschaulichen Kleinstadt im Herzen Englands. Doch auch hier lauert das Verbrechen, denn bereits kurz nach Geraldines Ankunft geschieht ein furchtbarer Mord: Im Stadtpark wurde eine junge Frau erwürgt. Alle Spuren, die Geraldine und ihr Team verfolgen, führen ins Nichts. Es beginnt ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, denn Geraldine weiß: Dieser Mörder wird nicht aufhören, zu töten, bis ihn jemand aufhält …

Geraldine agrees to look into the disappearance of a young woman, only to discover that several other young women have also gone missing locally. They all vanished unexpectedly, without trace.

A sixteenth-century Jewish woman flees persecution and an abusive marriage in this historical saga from "a brilliant talent" (Jeffery Deaver). When soldiers attack the inhabitants of a Jewish ghetto in sixteenth-century Lithuania, Abigail manages to escape both the attack and her abusive husband, Reuven. She travels over land and sea to Venice, where she settles in another ghetto. Believing Reuven is dead, Abigail falls in love with her widowed neighbour, Daniel. But before Abigail and Daniel announce their betrothal, her violent husband reappears. Reuven is arrested for drunken brawling and sentenced to slavery in the galleys. Abigail hopes she has finally seen the last of him, but he returns to Venice, and Abigail fears she will never be free of him . . . From the Dagger Award finalist and acclaimed author of the Geraldine Steel novels, Abigail of Venice is an engrossing story of forbidden love that explores domestic violence, religious persecution, the Inquisition, and witch burning against the backdrop of one of the most turbulent periods of European history. Praise for the novels of Leigh Russell: "Tense and compelling." --Publishers Weekly "Unmissable." --Lee Child

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. Praise for Leigh Russell 'Brilliant and chilling, Leigh Russell delivers a cracker of a read!' - Martina Cole 'Unmissable' - Lee Child 'A brilliant talent in the thriller field... you're just plain going to love DI Geraldine Steel' - Jeffery Deaver 'Taut and compelling' - Peter James 'Leigh Russell has become one of the most impressively dependable purveyors of the English police procedural' - Times

A wealthy businessman is found dead in a river, shot before being dumped, sparking a tense investigation involving his young girlfriend and adult children, all potential heirs. As pressure mounts to solve the murder, the girlfriend is killed, complicating matters further. Simultaneously, Geraldine faces a personal crisis when her baby and the child minder go missing, forcing her to balance the murder case with a desperate search for her child. This gripping tale is the 22nd installment in the popular Geraldine Steel series.

Living with her colleague and long time love interest, Detective Inspector Ian Peterson, it seems that Geraldine Steel has finally found happiness. But life is never that simple. As a psychopath starts killing random women on the streets of York, Geraldine is abducted by a drugs syndicate who have been threatening her sister.

When a successful businessman is brutally murdered, the police suspect his glamorous wife and her young lover. Then the victim's business partner suffers the same gruesome fate and when yet another body is discovered, seemingly unrelated to the first two, the police are baffled. The only clue is DNA that leads them to two women: one dead, the other in prison.With a steady stream of bodies arriving at the morgue, can DI Geraldine Steel find the killer before the killer stages another deadly attack?

When a man plummets to his death from a balcony at York races, his wife and brother become suspects in a murder enquiry. Meanwhile Richard is being stalked by a killer issuing death threats. Richard is reluctant to go to the police, for fear his own dark secret will be exposed. Newly promoted Detective Inspector Ian Peterson is investigating the death at the races when a woman's body is discovered. Shortly after that, Richard is killed. With three murders and no suspect, the investigation seems to be going backwards. Ian is determined to discover who is responsible.