Nicki`s Life of Crime : BLOG TOUR, BOOK EXTRACT - Missing For Good by Alex Coombs

BOOK DESCRIPTION

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 Aurora is.

But what she thinks will be a relatively straightforward job, soon turns dangerous. The missing girl has a troubled past but what made Aurora suddenly pack her bags and disappear?

Hanlon has her work cut out for her. The stakes are rising and she needs to get to the bottom of the case before someone else is attacked.

And is Aurora still alive, or is she missing for good?

A gripping new case for feisty female Private Investigator, Hanlon. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Robert Bryndza and Lisa Regan.

‘Run over again what we’re going tae do?’ Jordan said.

McDonald said wearily, ‘When we see the girl, I get out and open the back doors. When she reaches the van, I stop her, get her in the back and off we go. You drive, I restrain her. Simple. She won’t cause any trouble; she’ll be too frightened'‘

And if there’s someone with her?’ asked Jordan. His tone was insistent. McDonald’s nerves were taut, he could really do without this pointless questioning.

‘One person, they get in the van with the girl. Two people…’ He shook his head irritably. He was tired of this. There could be endless permutations – what if she arrived riding a camel? ‘Fuck it, if there’s two or more with her, we dinnae do anything.’

‘OK… and then, if there’s just her?’ Back to the original scenario.

‘We drive out to Muirhouse. I deal with the girl.’ There was a yard that Jordan rented there. Even if anyone heard a gunshot in Muirhouse, they wouldn’t bother too much about it. It was that kind of place. You minded your own business. McDonald carried on.

‘We put her in the other van and I take her away. You torch this van. We meet up tomorrow at Morris’s bar in Partick, twelve noon.’

‘How are ye going to dispose of her?’

‘My business.’ McDonald’s tone shut down any more questions.

Jordan checked his watch.

‘Here she comes – guid, she’s alone.’

Lit by the orange street light, her long legs striding up the steep hill towards them, she wore jeans and Ugg boots and a woollen hat with a bobble of faux fur pulled down low over her face.

‘Sure?’ This was her. He took a deep breath. This was the girl he was going to kill.

‘Absolutely sure,’ Jordan said.

Now was the moment. He got out of the van. Cold rain and a bitter wind. Now the adrenaline hit him as the coke used to. Now his heart was pounding as he psyched himself up for dealing with her. Now he felt a mix of panic and excitement and then his eyes widened in recognition.

Christ, it was her!

‘Jamie!’ She smiled, her eyes sparkling with delight at seeing him. His right hand tightened around the gun in his pocket.

‘Hello, Aurora,’ he said quietly.

Author Bio –

Alex Coombs studied Arabic at Oxford and Edinburgh Universities and went on to work in adult education and then retrained to be a chef. He has written four well reviewed crime novels as Alex Howard.

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