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Leigh RussellLeigh Russell

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My Geraldine Steel crime series has sold over 1.5  million copies and reached #1 overall on amazon. So far 19 books are available, published by No Exit Press, winner of the CWA Best Crime and Mystery Dagger Award 2019. Shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger Award, and the CWA Dagger in the Library, Geraldine Steel books have also twice been Finalists for the People’s Book Prize.

March 2023 sees the launch of Poppy’s Mystery Tales, which starts with Barking up the Right Tree. This is a cosy crime series featuring a small dog. Barking Mad is published in July 2023.

My reading is wide ranging, and I also enjoy writing in different genres, with two stand alone psychological thrillers, a dystopian novel, and a historical novel published in 2021.

In addition to running occasional creative writing courses, I support emerging writers with the CWA Criminal Critiques service which I set up and coordinate, and as Chair of the judging panel for the Crime Writers Association’s prestigious Debut Dagger Award. I work in schools and universities as a Royal Literary Fund Fellow, delivering writing workshops and offering one to one support with writing skills.

Books by Leigh Russell

  • Barking up the Right Tree Barking up the Right Tree

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  • Barking Mad Barking Mad

    Amazon

  • RACHEL’S STORY RACHEL’S STORY

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  • Suspicion Suspicion

    Amazon

  • Death Rope Death Rope

    Amazon

  • Deathly Affair Deathly Affair

    Amazon

  • Rogue Killer Rogue Killer

    Amazon

  • Class Murder Class Murder

    Amazon

  • The Adulterer’s Wife

    Amazon

  • Killer Plan Killer Plan

    Amazon

  • Deadly Alibi Deadly Alibi

    Amazon

  • Murder Ring Murder Ring

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  • Ian Peterson series – Cold Sacrifice, Race to Death, Blood Axe
  • Lucy Hall series – Journey to Death, Girl in Danger, Wrong Suspect
  • Geraldine Steel series – Cut Short, Road Closed, Dead End, Death Bed, Stop Dead, Fatal Act, Killer Plan, Murder Ring, Deadly Alibi Geraldine Steel series – Cut Short, Road Closed, Dead End, Death Bed, Stop Dead, Fatal Act, Killer Plan, Murder Ring, Deadly Alibi

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  • Cold Sacrifice Cold Sacrifice

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  • Stop Dead Stop Dead

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  • Death Bed Death Bed

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  • Road Closed Road Closed

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  • Geraldine Steel series Geraldine Steel series

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