Alex Coombs

Charlie Hunter does not like Christmas, especially the lead into it -- cooking endless servings of Christmas dinner. So when she is asked by Graeme Strickland, Michelin-starred chef, egomaniac and friend, to help out in a hotel restaurant in Edinburgh’s New Town, for a fortnight, she accepts...

'A nail-biting thriller that is gritty, action-packed and so compulsively readable putting it down is simply not an option...' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review Can she catch the killer before someone else is silenced for good...? Detective Hanlon is addicted to violence. She likes...

The start of an addictive, tense and gritty series from bestelling author Alex Coombs. Meet DCI Hanlon. A woman with a habit of breaking the rules and a fierce loyalty to the few people she respects. When the kidnap of a 12-year-old boy blows the case of some missing children wide apart, the...

A tense, atmospheric page-turner from bestselling author Alex Coombs. On a remote island, everyone is a suspect... When Private Investigator Hanlon is hired to protect famous yoga instructor Camille Anderson on her Scottish island retreat, she thinks this may be her simplest job yet. But when an...

Chef Charlie Hunter's arrival in the beautiful Chilterns is the fulfillment of a long-held dream: to open her own restaurant in an idyllic countryside location. The Old Forge sits on the village green (complete with duck pond and flint-faced houses) and seems just the place for the high-quality...

Chef Charlie Hunter is just trying for mindfulness and a work/life balance, if such a thing is ever possible in the context of a busy professional kitchen. She's found herself a great podcast that's going to help her get there. Until she finds that her online self-help guru has feet of clay –...

When famous TV chef Matteo McLeish turns up at the Old Forge Café and offers chef Charlie Hunter a place in his kitchen for the duration of Hampden Green’s local opera festival, she thinks it’s because he rates her cooking skills. In fact it’s because he’s heard she’s good in a crisis...

A gripping new case for feisty female Private Investigator, Hanlon, from bestselling author Alex Coombs. Is she alive, or is she missing for good...? When the estranged daughter of Scotland's premier art dealer goes missing, Private Investigator Hanlon is hired to find out where she is. But what...

The final gripping case for DCI Hanlon from bestselling author Alex Coombs. DCI Hanlon faces the toughest decision of her career as a string of political murders lead to a deadly confrontation. A controversial, right-wing German politician is due to speak at the Oxford Union. Following a series...

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...

A tense, gritty and atmospheric read from bestselling author Alex Coombs DCI Hanlon is going undercover. Oxford Philosophy lecturer Dr Gideon Fuller is in the frame, but Hanlon is not convinced. From the specialist brothels in Oxford and Soho, to the inner sanctum of a Russian people trafficker...

The Chilterns are at their best in May and The Old Forge Cafe is flourishing, which makes Charlie think about furniture that lives up to the standards her menu sets. Which is what persuades her to take on a job for a wealthy local businessman who suspects his daughter has fallen for a man who is...