Book 34 - Play Dead - Angela Marsons

Kindle Edition Cost: Netgallery Publisher: Bookouture Published: 20/05/16 Amazon uk link: Here Goodreads Link: Here

The Blurb

The dead don’t tell secrets… unless you listen.

The girl’s smashed-in face stared unseeing up to the blue sky, soil spilling out of her mouth. A hundred flies hovered above the bloodied mess.

Westerley research facility is not for the faint-hearted. A ‘body farm’ investigating human decomposition, its inhabitants are corpses in various states of decay. But when Detective Kim Stoneand her team discover the fresh body of a young woman, it seems a killer has discovered the perfect cover to bury their crime.

Then a second girl is attacked and left for dead, her body drugged and mouth filled with soil. It’s clear to Stone and the team that a serial killer is at work – but just how many bodies will they uncover? And who is next?

As local reporter, Tracy Frost, disappears, the stakes are raised. The past seems to hold the key to the killer’s secrets – but can Kim uncover the truth before a twisted, damaged mind claims another victim …?

My Thoughts

This is DI Kim stones 4th outing and having read all the other books in the series I was looking forward to this. The plot is, as always a good one, with a surprise thrown in here and there. It’s not a complicated plot that you will get lost in and it flows very well. I loved the setting for the crimes and the perpetrators reason for their crimes.

This being the 4th Kim Stone book I was expecting a little bit more. It was a little bit Kim stone by numbers. You know what you are going to get and although what we get is a well written and well thought-out , I was expecting something a bit different to take her story to another level.

Her back-story hasn’t moved on much and kind of repeats through each book. I also find her constant struggle against authority a bit much to believe, I find it hard to believe she would have risen to or kept her job as an Inspector with the constant trouble she has with authority or people in general. Yeah, it’s a book, I know.

I did find that, maybe, up to the 50% mark it there was too much idle chit chat and procedural, which, to move the plot along is necessary but it didn’t give me the can´t put it down buzz that I long for in a book.

The introduction of Doctor A, a foreign character that has trouble with the English language was a bit of a 1980s, Officer Crabtree from allo,allo, stereotype that I think the book could of done without.

Having said all that, I really am being fussy. The last few chapters were majestically written and gave me the buzz I want when reading. It really is a good book and I would recommend to anyone that is a fan of this Genre

Quote from Book

“Inspector, you are just in the nook of time,” she said without looking up.

Next Review - 44 Gilmore Street - Shani Struthers

Book 34 - Play Dead - Angela Marsons

Kindle Edition Cost: Netgallery Publisher: Bookouture Published: 20/05/16 Amazon uk link: Here Goodreads Link: Here

The Blurb

The dead don’t tell secrets… unless you listen.

The girl’s smashed-in face stared unseeing up to the blue sky, soil spilling out of her mouth. A hundred flies hovered above the bloodied mess.

Westerley research facility is not for the faint-hearted. A ‘body farm’ investigating human decomposition, its inhabitants are corpses in various states of decay. But when Detective Kim Stoneand her team discover the fresh body of a young woman, it seems a killer has discovered the perfect cover to bury their crime.

Then a second girl is attacked and left for dead, her body drugged and mouth filled with soil. It’s clear to Stone and the team that a serial killer is at work – but just how many bodies will they uncover? And who is next?

As local reporter, Tracy Frost, disappears, the stakes are raised. The past seems to hold the key to the killer’s secrets – but can Kim uncover the truth before a twisted, damaged mind claims another victim …?

My Thoughts

This is DI Kim stones 4th outing and having read all the other books in the series I was looking forward to this. The plot is, as always a good one, with a surprise thrown in here and there. It’s not a complicated plot that you will get lost in and it flows very well. I loved the setting for the crimes and the perpetrators reason for their crimes.

This being the 4th Kim Stone book I was expecting a little bit more. It was a little bit Kim stone by numbers. You know what you are going to get and although what we get is a well written and well thought-out , I was expecting something a bit different to take her story to another level.

Her back-story hasn’t moved on much and kind of repeats through each book. I also find her constant struggle against authority a bit much to believe, I find it hard to believe she would have risen to or kept her job as an Inspector with the constant trouble she has with authority or people in general. Yeah, it’s a book, I know.

I did find that, maybe, up to the 50% mark it there was too much idle chit chat and procedural, which, to move the plot along is necessary but it didn’t give me the can´t put it down buzz that I long for in a book.

The introduction of Doctor A, a foreign character that has trouble with the English language was a bit of a 1980s, Officer Crabtree from allo,allo, stereotype that I think the book could of done without.

Having said all that, I really am being fussy. The last few chapters were majestically written and gave me the buzz I want when reading. It really is a good book and I would recommend to anyone that is a fan of this Genre

Quote from Book

“Inspector, you are just in the nook of time,” she said without looking up.

Next Review - 44 Gilmore Street - Shani Struthers

Book 26 - Lost Girls - Angela Marsons

Kindle Edition Cost: £1.99 Publisher: Bookouture Published: 06/11/15 Amazon uk link: Here Goodreads link: Here

The Blurb

Two girls go missing. Only one will return.
The couple that offers the highest amount will see their daughter again. The losing couple will not. Make no mistake. One child will die.

When nine-year-old best friends Charlie and Amy disappear, two families are plunged into a living nightmare. A text message confirms the unthinkable; that the girls are the victims of a terrifying kidnapping.

And when a second text message pits the two families against each other for the life of their children, the clock starts ticking for D.I. Kim Stone and the squad.

Seemingly outwitted at every turn, as they uncover a trail of bodies, Stone realises that these ruthless killers might be the most deadly she has ever faced. And that their chances of bringing the girls home alive, are getting smaller by the hour…

Untangling a dark web of secrets from the families’ past might hold the key to solving this case. But can Kim stay alive long enough to do so? Or will someone’s child pay the ultimate price?

My Thoughts

Angela Marsons is fast becoming one of my favourite contemporary Crime/Thriller writers. This is the 3rd in the D.I. Kim Stone series, with a 4th coming very soon, and the stories are getting better and better. Kim Stone can be irritating to read sometimes, I just want her to be a bit more human when interacting with people, but that’s what makes her special.

This story, as most involving children, hit hard and I so wanted to find out the outcome and the ending was the one I had hoped for. I cheered at one point, the kids found it hard to believe that a book could garner such emotion in the reader. When the writing is as good as this it’s hard not to get involved and I cannot wait to read the new book.

Book 26 - Lost Girls - Angela Marsons

Kindle Edition Cost: £1.99 Publisher: Bookouture Published: 06/11/15 Amazon uk link: Here Goodreads link: Here

The Blurb

Two girls go missing. Only one will return.
The couple that offers the highest amount will see their daughter again. The losing couple will not. Make no mistake. One child will die.

When nine-year-old best friends Charlie and Amy disappear, two families are plunged into a living nightmare. A text message confirms the unthinkable; that the girls are the victims of a terrifying kidnapping.

And when a second text message pits the two families against each other for the life of their children, the clock starts ticking for D.I. Kim Stone and the squad.

Seemingly outwitted at every turn, as they uncover a trail of bodies, Stone realises that these ruthless killers might be the most deadly she has ever faced. And that their chances of bringing the girls home alive, are getting smaller by the hour…

Untangling a dark web of secrets from the families’ past might hold the key to solving this case. But can Kim stay alive long enough to do so? Or will someone’s child pay the ultimate price?

My Thoughts

Angela Marsons is fast becoming one of my favourite contemporary Crime/Thriller writers. This is the 3rd in the D.I. Kim Stone series, with a 4th coming very soon, and the stories are getting better and better. Kim Stone can be irritating to read sometimes, I just want her to be a bit more human when interacting with people, but that’s what makes her special.

This story, as most involving children, hit hard and I so wanted to find out the outcome and the ending was the one I had hoped for. I cheered at one point, the kids found it hard to believe that a book could garner such emotion in the reader. When the writing is as good as this it’s hard not to get involved and I cannot wait to read the new book.

Book 9 - Evil Games - Angela Marsons

Kindle Edition Cost: 1.99 Publisher: Bookouture Published: 29/05/15 Amazon uk link: Here Goodreads Link: Here

The Blurb

The greater the Evil, the more deadly the game…
When a rapist is found mutilated in a brutal attack, Detective Kim Stone and her team are called in to bring a swift resolution. But, as more vengeful killings come to light, it soon becomes clear that there is someone far more sinister at work.

With the investigation quickly gathering momentum, Kim finds herself exposed to great danger and in the sights of a lethal individual undertaking their own twisted experiment.

Up against a sociopath who seems to know her every weakness, for Detective Stone, each move she makes could be deadly. As the body count starts to mount, Kim will have to dig deeper than ever before to stop the killing. And this time - it’s personal.

My Thoughts

Without doubt Angela Marsons knows how to write a good Crime Thriller. DI Kim Stone is a fantastic creation she has her flaws and one hell of a back story but without the cliches that are found in a lot of this genre of novel.

The book has 2 storylines that are both dark and brilliantly written and her Nemesis Dr. Alexandra Thorne is written so well it made me feel dirty when I read her parts.

This was one hell of a book, one that i didn't want to end.

Book 9 - Evil Games - Angela Marsons

Kindle Edition Cost: 1.99 Publisher: Bookouture Published: 29/05/15 Amazon uk link: Here Goodreads Link: Here

The Blurb

The greater the Evil, the more deadly the game…
When a rapist is found mutilated in a brutal attack, Detective Kim Stone and her team are called in to bring a swift resolution. But, as more vengeful killings come to light, it soon becomes clear that there is someone far more sinister at work.

With the investigation quickly gathering momentum, Kim finds herself exposed to great danger and in the sights of a lethal individual undertaking their own twisted experiment.

Up against a sociopath who seems to know her every weakness, for Detective Stone, each move she makes could be deadly. As the body count starts to mount, Kim will have to dig deeper than ever before to stop the killing. And this time - it’s personal.

My Thoughts

Without doubt Angela Marsons knows how to write a good Crime Thriller. DI Kim Stone is a fantastic creation she has her flaws and one hell of a back story but without the cliches that are found in a lot of this genre of novel.

The book has 2 storylines that are both dark and brilliantly written and her Nemesis Dr. Alexandra Thorne is written so well it made me feel dirty when I read her parts.

This was one hell of a book, one that i didn't want to end.