Close Enemy by Leigh Russell

Close Enemy by Leigh Russell

When a young woman is found stabbed in a York park, DI Geraldine Steel faces a case with no obvious motive and frustratingly few leads. The charismatic victim, Jessica Bulmar, was not everything her friends believed her to be. Her older husband, Jon, is ill with Parkinson's and deeply devoted. Her husband's business partner, Robert, accompanied the couple on every holiday. And Amy is hiding something she can barely bring herself to acknowledge.

When a second woman is murdered in almost identical circumstances the investigation takes a sinister turn. Geraldine begins to suspect that the two killings are linked not by the victims but by the killer's motive: an consuming obsession that has curdled into something lethal. Geraldine edges closer to the truth and the danger closes in.

The enemy is nearer than she knows.

Leigh Russell is one of the UK's most prolific and successful crime writers. She studied English and American Literature at the University of Kent before pursuing a career in teaching. Her debut novel, Cut Short, introduced DI Geraldine Steel in 2009 and launched what has become one of the most enduring series in British crime fiction. There are now twenty-five Geraldine Steel novels. Her books have been translated into many languages, and received consistent praise for their plotting, pacing and vivid sense of place. Leigh is a member of the Crime Writers' Association. She lives in England and continues to write full time.