DCI Hanlon Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Time To Die |
2014 |
N/A |
| Time To Die / The Stolen Child |
2014 |
Buy |
| Cold Revenge |
2015 |
N/A |
| Cold Revenge / The Innocent Girl |
2015 |
Buy |
| A Hard Woman to Kill |
2015 |
N/A |
| A Hard Woman to Kill / The Missing Husband |
2015 |
Buy |
| An Incidental Death |
2016 |
N/A |
| An Incidental Death / The Silent Victims |
2017 |
Buy |
Old Forge Café Mysteries Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Murder on the Menu |
2023 |
Buy |
| Death in Nonna’s Kitchen |
2024 |
Buy |
| A Knife in the Back |
2024 |
Buy |
| Death of a Mystery Guest |
2025 |
Buy |
| Murder and the Maitre D' |
2025 |
Buy |
PI Hanlon Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Silenced For Good |
2020 |
Buy |
| Missing For Good |
2020 |
Buy |
| Buried For Good |
2021 |
Buy |
Alex Coombs writes British crime fiction across three distinct series. The DCI Hanlon series launched in 2014 with Time To Die and ran to eight books through 2017, following a detective through violent crime investigations. Several of the books have been republished under alternate titles, such as Time To Die / The Stolen Child and Cold Revenge / The Innocent Girl.
The PI Hanlon series (2020-2021) continues the Hanlon character in a private investigator role, with Silenced For Good, Missing For Good, and Buried For Good forming a trilogy. Coombs also writes the lighter Old Forge Cafe Mysteries series, starting with Murder on the Menu in 2023 and continuing with Death in Nonna’s Kitchen (2024), A Knife in the Back (2024), and two 2025 entries.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Alex Coombs written?
Alex Coombs has written sixteen books across three series.
What was Alex Coombs's first book?
Alex Coombs’s first book is Time To Die, published in 2014.
What are Alex Coombs' main series?
Alex Coombs has three series: the DCI Hanlon series (8 books starting in 2014), the PI Hanlon spinoff (3 books from 2020-2021), and the Old Forge Cafe Mysteries (5 books from 2023-2025).