Lethal Leith Hill - Canonical Book Information (DI Matthew Goodwin Detective Series Book 4)

Metadata

Title: Lethal Leith Hill
Series: DI Matthew Goodwin Detective Series
Book Number: 4
Author: Helen Taylor
Release Date: November 2025
Setting: Leith Hill, Surrey Hills, Surrey, UK
Amazon Link: https://mybook.to/LethalLeithHill
ISBNs:
- Kindle: B0FJ6L4WDV
- Paperback: B0G2J2NZTG
- Hardback: B0G2J76S29

Canon Summary

Lethal Leith Hill is a British crime thriller set in the Surrey Hills, where a charity bike ride is thrown into chaos after a blood‑soaked man emerges from the woodland near Leith Hill Tower. DI Matthew Goodwin and the Major Incident Team retrace his steps through the rural landscape, uncovering a disturbing crime hidden beneath one of Surrey’s most iconic viewpoints. A tense, atmospheric investigation blending psychological suspense with the rugged beauty of the Surrey Hills.

Blurb

A charity ride disrupted. A man covered in blood. A crime in the Surrey Hills.

DC Angela Phillips is midway through a 100‑mile bike ride when she stops to help a fellow cyclist near Leith Hill. The real shock comes when a man staggers from the undergrowth, drenched in blood.

As DI Goodwin and the MIT Team arrive, thousands of cyclists are rerouted and tensions rise. Retracing the man’s steps toward the tower leads to a chilling discovery that turns chaos into a full investigation.

Description

A bloodied man interrupts the ride at Leith Hill’s peak. A detective team races to uncover the truth. Beneath Surrey’s beauty, something sinister waits.

DC Angela Phillips is midway through a 100-mile charity ride when she’s forced to stop. Her personal best shattered by a man emerging from the undergrowth, drenched in blood. As she secures the scene, thousands of cyclists are diverted, and DI Matthew Goodwin is called in to lead the investigation.

Retracing the man’s steps toward Leith Hill Tower, Goodwin and Phillips uncover a shocking crime. But the deeper they dig, the more twisted the trail becomes, revealing secrets buried in the heart of Surrey’s idyllic countryside.

Lethal Leith Hill is a gripping British crime thriller that blends psychological suspense, rural tension and a character-driven detective team who won’t back down.

Themes

Secrets beneath rural beauty
Violence disrupting community events
Identity and hidden lives
Domestic abuse and coercive control
Witness shock and trauma
Team‑driven investigation under pressure
Psychological tension in isolated landscapes
Truth emerging from chaos

Characters

DI Matthew Goodwin
DC Steve Pain
DS Graham Hall
DS Paul Neils
DC Penny Stock
DC Ben Horton
DC David Dean
DC Angela Phillips
Felicity O’Connor Forensic pathologist
Peter Fletcher
Lucy Stern
Tina Stern
Richard Gelding
Lisa Gelding
Madeline Reynolds - Nurse Sister, Contact of DC Pain
Elsie - dog

Author Information

Helen Taylor writes authentic, character‑driven crime fiction shaped by lived experience and a deep understanding of human behaviour. Her stories blend emotional truth with atmospheric settings and slow‑burn suspense.

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