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When the targets are random, you could be next.  A man is killed in an apparently random attack, and suspicion falls on a gang of muggers. Only Detective Sergeant Geraldine Steel thinks this is the work of a more deliberate murderer. Two more victims are discovered, after further seemingly indiscriminate attacks, and this time the muggers have a concrete alibi. All the while the killer remains at large. When Geraldine finally manages to track down a witness, she finds her own life is in danger...

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Russell paints a careful and intriguing portrait of a small British community while developing a compassionate and complex heroine who's sure to win fans. --Publishers Weekly starred review of Cut Short Like authors Archer Mayor and Ann Cleeves, Russell combines personal issues with police procedures in her ninth intriguingly twisty mystery. --Library Journal on Deadly Alibi

The author plunges the reader straight into a frightening and sordid underworld of violence and evil, creating tense narrative at the heart of which lies an increasingly mystifying crime -- Dorothy Marshall-Gent * Mystery People 8(7) * Once again, Russell has produced a fine example of a police thriller, full of tension, misdirection and with a blend of drama and humour -- John Cleal * Crime Review *

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Leigh Russell is the author of the internationally bestselling Geraldine Steel series: Cut Short, Road Closed, Dead End, Death Bed, Stop Dead, Fatal Act, Killer Plan, Murder Ring, Deadly Alibi, Class Murder, Death Rope, Rogue Killer, Deathly Affair, Deadly Revenge, Evil Impulse, Deep Cover, Guilt Edged, Fake Alibi, Final Term and the forthcoming Without Trace. The series has sold over a million copies worldwide. Cut Short was shortlisted for the Crime Writers Association (CWA) John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award, and Leigh has been longlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library Award. 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. Leigh is chair of the CWA's Debut Dagger Award judging panel and is a Royal Literary Fellow. Leigh studied at the University of Kent, gaining a Masters degree in English and American Literature. She is married with two daughters and a granddaughter, and lives in London.

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