A Hard Woman To Kill

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Chechnya: an incorruptible security officer is assassinated. Berlin: a small child grieves for his father. In the East: an obese psychopath sets his feet on the first rungs of his criminal career. 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 pimp and owner of an exclusive brothel in Oxford is involved. When DI Enver Demirel, her former partner and friend, disappears, Hanlon is forced into an uneasy alliance with the London underworld to rescue him from the blood-stained hands of the Russian mafia.

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A good read with an interesting, though very flawed, main character -- Susan White, Eurocrime
A tenacious crime thriller with a difference * LoveReading *
If you are wearying of by-the-numbers thrillers, juggling a variety of warmed-over elements (and God knows there are enough of them), take heart there is still stimulating fare to be found, as with this new novel by Alex Howard * Crime Time *
This is a good story, brisk and most satisfying * Bestselling Crime Thrillers *

Author Bio

Alex Howard studied Arabic and Islamic History at Oxford, and has worked in adult education. He is the author of TIME TO DIE (2013). Find out more at alexhowardcrime.com