Millie didn’t get time to think. The car door was pulled open and she was dragged out, her screams loud and raw, as she kicked and fought. She called out for Oscar, again and again, screaming for help.

But he never came.

It was the wedding of the year. Millie Beaumont marrying billionaire playboy Oscar Hayat, the eyes of the world watching.

But the dream turns into a nightmare when Millie and Oscar are brutally abducted while on honeymoon. Millie is killed, her body dumped in London. Oscar is still
missing…

Enter DS Moomy Khan and DI Sarah Heaton – not your typical police officers. Moomy is running from her own troubled past, while Sarah is having to live with the hard choices she has made. Yet they will stop at nothing to find Millie’s murderers and track down Oscar. Only a family as high profile as the Hayats have enemies lurking in every corner – have they taken the ultimate revenge, or is someone else behind the death and kidnapping?

And can Moomy and Sarah find Oscar – before time runs out and he suffers the same fate as his wife?

The first book in the gripping, fast-paced new Khan and Heaton crime series, The Unbroken will thrill fans of A.A. Dhand, Angela Marsons and Robert Bryndza.

Alex Caan has spent over a decade working in Information Systems Security for a number of government organisations, and is currently specialising in Terrorism Studies. A lifetime passion for writing was sparked by the encouraging words of an English Teacher in school, and eventually led to Alex successfully completing an MA in Creative Writing, and write Cut to the Bone.

Cut to the Bone has been a Kindle Number 1 bestseller, was picked as a WH Smith ‘Everyone’s Talking About’ book of the week, chosen as Sainsbury’s best of summer reads and was Angela Marson’s pick for crime novel recommendation of the year. Alex Caan was also a rising star on Amazon in 2016.

First to Die, the shocking sequel to Cut to the Bone, was released June 14th 2018.

Alex then took a different direction for his next novel, writing as Alex Khan, for the scandalous Bollywood Wives, which was another Kindle Number 1 bestseller.

His latest novel is The Unbroken, which is released in March 2020.

Review

This book is a marvellous thriller, it’s a roller coaster of emotions, a lot of wtf occurrences, great female protagonists, and a believable (but unbelievable) story!

The book opens with a happy couple on their honeymoon when they are kidnapped. Millie’s body is found on Hampstead Heath and her husband Oscar is still missing.

Cops Moomy and Sarah are called in to work it all out. I loved these characters - Moomy has been brought up in a Muslim family but now is non practising and no longer talking to her family. Whereas, Sarah is a recent white convert to Islam, which she found a great comfort after her mother’s death. I loved the opposite side of the coins when it came to this religion. It was unique, refreshing and unusual. Especially as a female team on the police force. We do need better representation in literature and crime fiction in particular. Normally it is an older white man, had an affair and has a drinking problem. This duo is a breath of fresh air and I can’t wait to read more about them!

The narrative itself was great! The intrigues of money, power and the call of family duty. Who can you trust when you can’t trust your family? There are shady goings on with private security, private planes and diplomatic immunity - all the makings of a good thriller! And this is certainly one! I highly recommend it to you all.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5!

Tour has been organised by Sarah at Books on the Bright Side Publicity.