In the tradition of
Ruth Rendell, Lynda la Plante,
Frances Fyfield and Barbara Vine,
Cut Short is a gripping
psychological thriller introducing
D.I. Geraldine Steel,
a woman whose past is threatening
to collide with her future.
CUT SHORT
LEIGH RUSSELL
D.I. Geraldine Steel expects the quiet town of predator prowls, hunting for a fresh victim.
Woolsmarsh to be dull. When an unwitting bystander comes forward as
She quickly discovers she is wrong. a witness she quickly becomes the next object
When D.I. Geraldine Steel relocates to a quiet
of his murderous obsessions - someone whom the
village near Woolsmarsh, she expects her new
killer must stop at all costs.
home to be somewhere where nothing much D.I. Geraldine Steel is locked into a race against
happens; a space where she can battle her demons time, determined to find the killer before they
in private. But when she finds herself pitted discover another naked corpse . Can she save the
against a twisted killer preying on local young lives of the town’s young women - or will Geraldine
women she quickly discovers how wrong she is. herself become the killer’s ultimate trophy?
By day, the park is a place for children’s games, £6.99 PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
for people walking their dogs or taking a short AVAILABLE JUNE 2009
cut to avoid the streets. But in the shadows a ‘A’ Format (178 X 111mm) 352pp
RIGHTS: WORLD
Leigh Russell is a secondary school English teacher,
ISBN: 978-1-84243-271-6
specialising in supporting pupils with Specific Learning
Difficulties. She is married with two daughters and lives
in Hertfordshire.
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