Guilt Edged

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Pub Date 18 Apr 2022 | Archive Date 5 Jan 2022
General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers

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An inoffensive man is murdered in a seemingly motiveless attack. Detective Inspector Geraldine Steel and her team are baffled, until DNA from an apparent stranger is discovered on the victim’s body. Geraldine is not convinced the suspect is guilty. When a witness comes forward to offer the suspect an alibi, Geraldine lets him go. That night, a second murder is committed. The evidence points to the suspect who has just been released. As Geraldine attempts to make sense of the suspect’s complex history, he goes on the run. Even his wife appears to condemn him. Only Geraldine still doubts that he is to blame for the murders, but is she prompted by her own guilt for having released him to kill again? As the story races towards a breathtaking twist, Geraldine is tormented by self-doubt, and struggles to focus all her attention on the case. Someone is lying and the police must uncover the truth before anyone else is killed...

An inoffensive man is murdered in a seemingly motiveless attack. Detective Inspector Geraldine Steel and her team are baffled, until DNA from an apparent stranger is discovered on the victim’s body...

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Advance Praise

Praise for Leigh Russell


'Taut and compelling' - Peter James

'Leigh Russell is one to watch' - Lee Child

'Leigh Russell has become one of the most impressively dependable purveyors of the English police procedural' - Marcel Berlins, Times 

'A brilliant talent in the thriller field' - Jeffery Deaver

'Exceptional crime writing' - M.W. Craven

'DI Geraldine Steel is one of the most authoritative female coppers in a crowded field' - Financial Times

'The latest police procedural from prolific novelist Leigh Russell is as good and gripping as anything she has published' - Times & Sunday Times Crime Club (Star Pick)

'Another solid procedural that has tension and real threat. Geraldine has become a firm favourite and Russell is still well in the groove' - NB Magazine

'Taut writing, tense storyline and characters that jump off the page' - Angela Marsons

'Leigh Russell is my alternative Martina Cole, writing with the same realism, grit and edge. Deep Cover is three stories woven into one and it pulls you in like a rip tide. Always believable, always compelling, Leigh has done it again' - Helen Fields

'Leigh Russell tells a tangled tale in which guilt catches up with the innocent. It kept me guessing until the end' - Lesley Thomson

'A pleasing tale with twists, turns and intrigue ' - On Yorkshire Magazine

'Deep Cover is edge of the seat stuff. A highly entertaining thriller I could not put down' - Marion Todd


Praise for Leigh Russell


'Taut and compelling' - Peter James

'Leigh Russell is one to watch' - Lee Child

'Leigh Russell has become one of the most impressively dependable purveyors of the English...

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ISBN 9780857304773
PRICE US$16.95 (USD)
PAGES 320

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As with the previous DI Geraldine Steel books this had me hooked from the outset.
The ongoing storyline of Geraldine & her team alongside 2 seemingly unrelated murders make for an intriguing tale.
Already looking forward to the next instalment.

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A murder. DNA discovered at the crime scene. A suspect apprehended. An apparently open and shut case for DI Geraldine Steel and the team, right?

When a witness comes forward to give the suspect an alibi, Geraldine releases him. But then another murder victim is discovered with the same DNA at the scene. Has Geraldine made a terrible mistake in letting him go?

Book 17 in this excellent series. Lots of twists and turns. Looking forward to the next one.

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Thanks to netgalley for letting me review the latest geraldine steel. This book had me guessing from the start right to the end......... Can geraldine prove all of her team wrong when she is the only one to believe the main suspect is innocent ?

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Leigh Russell's heroine, Geraldine, is called upon to find the person who murdered someone with apparently no enemies.
More of a steady pressure than a series of breakthroughs, fans of police procedurals will enjoy this one.

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A seemingly motiveless attack leaves a man dead. But there's DNA on the body from an apparent stranger.

Another murder, a suspect with an alibi, and a man on the run....who Geraldine Steel doesn't think is the killer.

Is she guilt-ridden after releasing him only for another murder to take place?

Thrilling

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A completely gripping read that I just could not put down. It was well written with good characters and an intriguing storyline that compelled me to carry on reading. I really enjoyed it.

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A gripping police procedural with plenty of red herrings along the way, kept me engaged from the first to the last page, full of suspense, suspicion and great characters.

This is a well established series and I have not read all of the books in the series but the ones that I have I have always enjoyed. .

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