by Alex Coombs
She opened Grimms’ Fairy Tales and started reading. ‘A long time ago there lived a King and Queen . . .’
A little while later she leaned forward and kissed his fore- head. ‘One day, Mark, one day.’
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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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First published in Great Britain in 2021 by Boldwood Books Ltd.
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Copyright © Alex Coombs, 2021
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Paperback ISBN 978-1-80048-816-8
Large Print ISBN 978-1-80048-815-1
Ebook ISBN 978-1-80048-818-2
Kindle ISBN 978-1-80048-817-5
Audio CD ISBN 978-1-80048-810-6
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