
Without Trace
An utterly gripping detective crime thriller with an unexpected twist (DI Steel: 20)
Leigh Russell(Author)
No Exit Press
Published on 31. August 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-85730-475-9 (ISBN)
Description
DI Geraldine Steel knows people go missing all the time; often because they don't want to be found. So when her partner Ian asks her to look into the disappearance of his buddy's girlfriend, her first instinct is to reassure him there's no need for concern.
Until she's called to a suspected murder, and all her instincts tell her she's right about the identity of the victim.
The woman has earth and leaf mould and fragments of twigs in her hair, her nose, her mouth, under her nails, clinging to her clothes. It's as if she'd been completely encased in earth. Yet she was found on the pavement, at the side of a suburban road, where she wasn't in contact with any soil or mud.
Had she managed to escape a living grave?
Without a crime scene, the investigation focuses on her boyfriend. But Ian insists his friend is incapable of murder, and Steel is torn. Without evidence, she knows their case is weak. But can she let a possible killer go free?
Then another young woman is reported missing. Unless he has an accomplice, they have an innocent man in custody. And Steel is running out of time . . .
PRAISE FOR LEIGH RUSSELL'S GERALDINE STEEL SERIES:
'Unmissable' Lee Child
'Brilliant' Jeffery Deaver
Until she's called to a suspected murder, and all her instincts tell her she's right about the identity of the victim.
The woman has earth and leaf mould and fragments of twigs in her hair, her nose, her mouth, under her nails, clinging to her clothes. It's as if she'd been completely encased in earth. Yet she was found on the pavement, at the side of a suburban road, where she wasn't in contact with any soil or mud.
Had she managed to escape a living grave?
Without a crime scene, the investigation focuses on her boyfriend. But Ian insists his friend is incapable of murder, and Steel is torn. Without evidence, she knows their case is weak. But can she let a possible killer go free?
Then another young woman is reported missing. Unless he has an accomplice, they have an innocent man in custody. And Steel is running out of time . . .
PRAISE FOR LEIGH RUSSELL'S GERALDINE STEEL SERIES:
'Unmissable' Lee Child
'Brilliant' Jeffery Deaver
Reviews / Votes
'Unmissable' -- #1 New York Times bestselling author 'Brilliant and chilling, Leigh Russell delivers a cracker of a read!' -- Martina Cole 'Taut writing, tense storyline and characters that jump off the page' -- Angela MarsonsMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bedford Square Publishers
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85730-475-9 (9780857304759)
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Leigh Russell
Without Trace
An utterly gripping detective crime thriller with an unexpected twist (DI Steel: 20)
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08/2023
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Leigh Russell is the author of the internationally bestselling Geraldine Steel series, which has sold over a million copies worldwide. Her books have been #1 on Amazon Kindle and iTunes with Stop Dead and Murder Ring selected as finalists for The People's Book Prize.