Killer Christmas

I would like to thank Oldcastle Books and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘Killer Christmas’, a short story written by Leigh Russell, in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.
DS Geraldine Steel is walking around York and stops at a Christmas Fair.  Whilst sitting in a marque drinking a mug of mulled wine she hears a woman screaming and then sees the body of a man lying dead on the ground in a pool of blood.  It doesn’t take long for Geraldine’s friend and colleague DI Ian Peterson to arrive and together they apprehend the killer.
This is a very short story and despite wishing it’d been longer I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and catching up with Geraldine and Ian again.

Killer Christmas by leigh russell.
A bonus Christmas story about murder from leigh. 
A fantastic read with good characters. Love Leigh's books. 5*.

Great little short story that filled the time of a train journey for me. I enjoyed it and it has made me interested in reading more from this author.
Thanks to author, publisher and NetGalley for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

A typical Christmas for Steele and Ian; even a visit to a Christmas market results in murder.....

Geraldine Steel and Ian Patterson together solving a crime, what more could anyone want. A fabulous short story set at Christmas.
Leigh Russell does it again.

A great short story from Leigh Russell. I definitely recommend reading her books. She never disappoints.

Everyone has plans for Christmas, mostly doing again what we did last year, but Geraldine's plans fall through at the last minute and she is stuck in York on Christmas Eve. On her own. With no-one to share the holiday with.

Sitting in a pop-up bar and having a quiet drink when a murder is committed - except no-one saw it happen and Geraldine was on the spot.

This is the first short story by Leigh Russell that I've read and frankly I had no idea what to expect. The normal format of her stories requires a lot of plotting and blind alleys etc. But in a short story how do you tackle  a murder mystery? Well Russell does it very well indeed. I was very surprised the way it unfolded without compromising the genre yet giving the reader exactly what they want.

This short story is still free on Kindle from Amazon or you can go to the No Exit Press website and purchase a hard copy so if you haven't read any Geraldine Steel yet now's your chance to sample for free.

I really did enjoy this a great deal.