Cut Short by Leigh Russell Book Showcase and Giveaway

Book Details: Genre: Mystery & Detective; Women Sleuths Published by: HarperCollins Publication Date: Nov 26, 2013 Number of Pages: 300 ISBN: 9780062325594 Purchase Links:

Synopsis:  The park - a place where children play, friends sit and gossip and people walk their dogs. But in the shadows, a predator watches, waits - and chooses his first victim. But someone has seen the killer and come forward as a witness - someone who the killer must stop at all costs. For detective Geraldine Steele it is a race against time to find the killer as two more bodies are found. A gripping psychological thriller introducing Geraldine Steel, a woman whose past is threatening to collide with her future.

Author Bio:     Leigh Russell studied at the University of Kent, gaining a Masters degree in English. For many years a secondary school English teacher, she is a creative writing tutor for adults. She is married, has two daughters, and lives in North West London. Her first novel, Cut Short, was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award in 2010. This was followed by Road Closed, Dead End, Death Bed, Stop Dead and Fatal Act, in the Detective Inspector Geraldine Steel series. Cold Sacrifice is the first title in a spin off series featuring Geraldine Steel's sergeant, Ian Peterson. Catch Up With the Author:   Schedule; 11/25 ~ Showcase @ 3Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, & Sissy, Too! 11/26 ~ Review & Giveaway @ SavingFor6 11/28 ~ Guest Post @ Deal Sharing Aunt 12/03 ~ Interview & Showcase @ CMash Reads 12/04 ~ Review @ Hezzi-Ds Books and Cooks 12/09 ~ Showcase @ J. C. Martin, Fighter Writer 12/10 ~ Review @ Hotchpotch 12/16 ~ Review & Giveaway @ Kritters Ramblings 12/17 ~ Interview @ Writers and Authors 12/30 ~ Review & Giveaway @ Bookalicious Traveladdict TBD ~ Review @ THE SELF-TAUGHT COOK

Excerpt:    He scrabbled at brittle leaves with clumsy gloved fingers then, crouching low, wriggled through the bushes. He glanced around to make sure no one was watching before he trudged away along the path. He'd been clever, careful to leave no clues. No one would find her in the park. It was his secret, his and hers, and she wouldn't tell. He had no idea who she was, and that was clever too. It meant she didn't know who he was.  He hadn't chosen her because she was pretty. He hadn't chosen her at all. She was just there. But she was pretty and he liked that. No woman had looked at him since school; she had stared into his eyes. She only said one word, 'No!' but she was speaking to him and he knew this was intimacy, just the two of them. It was a pity he wouldn't see her again, but there would be others. It was raining hard. He sang softly, because you never knew who was listening.  'Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven, like the first dew fall, on the first grass, praise for the sweetness of the wet garden...' The rain would wash her clean.

Author Bio:

Leigh Russell studied at the University of Kent, gaining a Masters degree in English. For many years a secondary school English teacher, she is a creative writing tutor for adults. She is married, has two daughters, and lives in North West London. Her first novel, Cut Short, was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award in 2010. This was followed by Road Closed, Dead End, Death Bed, Stop Dead and





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