‘The Silent Victims’ by Alex Coombs is the fourth book in the DCI Hanlon series. Yet another thrilling and fast-paced book to add to this thrilling series. No matter how many times I return to these books, they never get boring!
A right-wing German politician is due to speak at the Oxford Union. A violent anarchist group has been linked to a spate of murders so it is high alert. DCI Hanlon is partnered with DI Huss to make sure everything goes as it should. She discovers the person who is behind the murders and suddenly everything changes.
This time it is definitely personal for Hanlon and it makes the most exciting and tense book of them all. The story shifts between London, Oxford and Germany and with it the action. Alex Coombs has the skill to describe these places so clearly and as the book moved to each place I felt like I was there, even though I have never even been!
As I find with every instalment the pace of the action never stops, the pressure Hanlon is under is relentless and as always with her and the team they get into tight corners as they attempt to make sense of a fantastically created mystery before time runs out.
Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources, Boldwood Books and NetGalley for the copy of the book for my review today.
sharonbeyondthebooks.uk 