I’d like to thank Oldcastle Books and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘Deathly Affair’ by Leigh Russell in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.
A homeless man is being followed on the streets of York, a noose is put around his neck and he’s strangled to death. When a second homeless man is killed in an identical manner DS Geraldine Steel and DI Ian Peterson work together to discover who would want to murder two harmless men. Their investigation soon leads them to more bodies giving credence to Geraldine’s belief it could be the same killer.
‘Deathly Affair’ is an exciting action-packed thriller which has kept me glued to my Kindle. The story is gripping, the characters convincing, and although right from the beginning I thought I’d guessed the identity of the killer, I was half-way through the story when there was a massive twist and then another, casting doubt on my earlier assumption. This is the thirteenth in the series and although I’ve not read them all there’s enough background information given so that I don’t feel I’ve missed anything. We’ve been left with a cliffhanger on the final page, will Geraldine and Ian friendship progress to anything further? I can’t wait to find out in book fourteen.