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The Missing Husband

DCI Hanlon, Book 3

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The Missing Husband

By: Alex Coombs
Narrated by: Helen Keeley
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Another gripping case for the unstoppable DCI Hanlon from bestselling author Alex Coombs.

A security officer is assassinated.

A small child grieves for his father.

A psychopath commits their first crime...

A frightened Russian woman seeks DCI Hanlon's help in finding her missing husband. Hanlon's not keen on the case. Until she hears a name she recognises only too well. Arkady Belanov, sadistic owner of an exclusive brothel in Oxford is involved.

And when DCI Enver Demirel, her former partner and friend, disappears, Hanlon is determined to solve the case.

Forced into an uneasy alliance with the London underworld, the race to him from the blood-stained hands of the Russian mafia is underway...

Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Lisa Regan and Mark Dawson.

This book was previously published as *A Hard Woman To Kill by Alex Howard.*

©2021 Alex Coombs (P)2021 Boldwood Books Crime Thrillers Detective International Mystery & Crime Mystery Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Fiction Crime

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This story is very gripping, hard to stop listening and get on with life’s chores.

Extremely exciting

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I still can’t get over my disappointment that Handlen PI is totally forgotten in this series.

But this book is entertaining enough

Entertaining

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Really enjoyed this book. The action scenes are fast moving and characters brought to life.

Excellent read

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love Hanlon and surrounding characters- a right gripping read as ever- brb ordering the next

awesome as ever

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Another great chapter in the life of DCI Hanlon,, edge of your seat story lines brought to life by good narration. Can't wait to get the next book in the series started.

What a force to be reckoned with!!!

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Loved it and all of Alex Coombs books. He's characters are interesting and relatable.

Brilliant.

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A lively yarn spoiled by a hesitant, peculiarly spasmodic presentation. Also a certain ignorance of common terms. A Massey Ferguson is pronounced as spelt; it's not a "Macy" Ferguson, and an Islay malt comes from Islay, pronounced I-lay, not Iss-lay - to mention just two. The other narrator of the Alex Coombs books is miles better.

Irritating narrator

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She’s a hard case for sure, but she’s usually on the side of right. Great romp with lots of edge of seat moments. An enjoyable read.

I love DCI Hanlon

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After what went down in the previous book, a decision was made by her boss to place DCI Hanlon in missing persons attached to another force. This was to keep her safe… So when a Russian woman turns up wanting help to find her missing husband who she fears has been killed, Hanlon starts to zone out. Seconds later she hears a name she knows of so, so well….

In the meantime her previous partner DI Demirel has been told to quietly make enquiries about some ruthless Russians it backfires when he walks into a trap. Soon a colleague from a force who is sweet on Demirel reluctantly calls Hanlon, all bets are off when the two women join forces it becomes a race to find him. The trouble is there is more than one corrupt police officer’s in the mix, plus a turf war, drugs, violence for sport, torture with Hanlon charging towards it all.

Hanlon is fearless it was hard to put the book down. This is a high adrenaline & thrilling read, the best one yet

*Thrilling*

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Yet again the novel was spoilt by bad narration. Unnatural gaps within sentences, not in line with the punctuation. Bad pronunciation. Other Alex Coombes novels have been enjoyable with a different narrator. Shame really as the plot and storyline is not being represented to it's best.

Great novel.

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