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Angela Marsons

Angela Marsons is a British author of crime fiction, from the Black Country in the West Midlands. She has sold more than three-and-a-half million copies of her novels, which have been translated into 28 languages.

Writing career
Angela Marsons is from Brierley Hill in the West Midlands and is a former security guard at the Merry Hill Shopping Centre. Having been rejected by numerous publishers over 25 years, she released three books in her crime series in 2015 under digital publisher Bookouture. Her books all have a Black Country setting, but the author says "I never write about a set group of people or anyone particular I know, all my characters are make believe." The principal character in the crime series is Detective Kim Stone. The success of the digitally-published Kim Stone books resulted in a print deal with publisher Bonnier Publishing Fiction. Marsons is signed to Bookouture for a total of 16 books in the Kim Stone series. In 2020, Marsons signed a deal with Bookoture for an extra 12 books in the Kim Stone series, bringing the total to 28.

Bibliography
Kim Stone novels
1. Silent Scream - 20 February 2015, ISBN 978-1785770524
2. Evil Games - 29 May 2015, ISBN 978-1785762147
3. Lost Girls - 6 November 2015, ISBN 978-1785762178
4. Play Dead - 20 May 2016, ISBN 978-0751571332
5. Blood Lines - 4 November 2016, ISBN 978-0751571349
6. Dead Souls - 28 April 2017, ISBN 978-0751571356
7. Broken Bones - 3 November 2017, ISBN 978-0751574890
8. Dying Truth - 18 May 2018, ISBN 978-1786814753
9. Fatal Promise - 19 October 2018, ISBN 978-1786816931
10. Dead Memories - 22 February 2019, ISBN 978-1786817723
11. Child's Play - 11 July 2019, ISBN 978-1786815699
12. First Blood - 14 November 2019, ISBN 978-0751579826
13. Killing Mind - 13 May 2020, ISBN 978-1838887315
14. Deadly Cry - 13 November 2020, ISBN 978-1838887339
15. Twisted Lies - 10 May 2021, ISBN 1838887342
16. Stolen Ones - 11 Nobember 2021, ISBN 9781838887360
17. Six Graves - 2 May 2022, ISBN 1838887385
18. Hidden Scars - 9 November 2022, ISBN 1803147717
19. Deadly Fate - 25 May 2023, ISBN 1837903980
20. Bad Blood - 15 November 2023, ISBN 9781837906741
Other works
* Dear Mother - 1 February 2014, ISBN 978-1786810427
* The Forgotten Woman - 12 October 2016, ISBN 978-1786810441

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Half Way
HALF WAY As I reach the halfway point of my publishing contract with Bookouture and my 50th year of age I find myself in a mood of grateful reflection. When I was 12 years old I was isolated and bullied by my entire class for a home situation that I couldn’t control. I still remember clearly the shame and humiliation at the pointing, whispering and name-calling as I sat alone. I wanted to cry. I wanted to run from the classroom and hide, anywhere, just not there. My heart pounded and my stomach turned as I wondered how I would make it through the day. And then something happened. One girl, just one, named Karen Hansen sat beside me. No words, just a nod and a smile. And I had never felt so grateful in my life. As is the way we left school and lost touch but I have never, ever forgotten that one single moment and if she ever needed me for anything, I would be there. For 25 years I tried to ...

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Two Whole Years
The Journey So Far It has been two years today since I signed my first ever publishing contract with the amazing digital publisher, Bookouture. And what an unbelievable two years it has been. When I signed that initial contract for 4 Kim Stone books I had no idea what to expect. The excitement at having an actual real life publisher feel the same passion for my books as I did wiped away 25 years of rejection. I worked with the most fantastic editor, Keshini Naidoo, on getting Silent Scream ready for publication I continued to work 12 hour night shifts in a job that I hated. Each night I would head off to work and live the reality of my working life while trying to comprehend what was happening in my other, happier, dream-like writing life. Together Bookouture and I stepped into the unknown. First crime thriller for Bookouture and first book of any kind for me. Neither of us was prepared for the response when Silent Scream was released in February 2015. Two days ...

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What a Year!!!
A year ago today my first novel Silent Scream was published by the fabulous publisher Bookouture, and WOW, what a year it has been. Two days after Silent Scream was published on 20th February it hit the #1 spot on Amazon.co.uk and stayed there for a month. I have been asked many times what my expectations were and I can honestly say that wasn’t one of them. March was no less eventful and I signed with Bookouture for a further 4 Kim Stone books making that 8 in total. It was around this time that I gave up my job to work full time at writing. In May the second Kim Stone book, Evil Games, was released and sat alongside its sister Silent Scream in the Amazon top ten for weeks. November saw the release of the third Kim Stone book, Lost Girls, which hit the top five on Amazon.co.uk. In this same month the sales of the Kim Stone novels reached the 1,000,000 milestone. December rolled around and I found out that Silent Scream ...

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My Road to Publication
I have been in love with words for as long as I can remember. I spent many years writing stories based in locations I didn't know, featuring characters I thought would be popular and storylines that I thought would be appealing. This garnered me some wonderful letters from Publishers. However they all contained the word 'unfortunately' somewhere. Eventually I decided to write a story just for me. I set the book in my local area and offered an ear to a character that had been nagging me for years. You will now know this voice as D.I. Kim Stone. As I wrote I didn't care that the setting was not glamorous or that my character was not always likeable. I wrote Kim's story and it came from the heart. I filled the pages without an editor on my shoulder or a critic in my ear. Eventually I passed the novel to my most fierce critic. My partner, Julie. Anyone who thinks the people closest to us writers are obliging and appeasing should spend a day in ...

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Hey guys, sorry I’ve been missing in action but I’ve been very busy working on book 20 😁 Hope you’re all doing amazing and that you’ve made it to the other side of January intact (how long was that month!!!) Anyway, edits all done and hope to have book news later this month 🤩🥰❤️

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So, you lot weren’t content to send this book to number 1 on cover reveal day you’ve gone and done it again on Publication Day 😳 😂🥰 Top spot on iBooks too and I know I always say it but I really do have the best readers in the world ❤️❤️❤️

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about 3 months ago
Whoop Whoop!!! It's finally here. I am so excited to share Kim book 19 - BAD BLOOD - with you today. Hope you all enjoy it ❤️❤️❤️

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Kim Stone and the team are back in BAD BLOOD, Book 19 in this phenomenal crime thriller series by Angela Marsons. Happy publication day Angela. 
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Hey guys, just to let you know that the PAPERBACK for Bad Blood is now available to pre-order in the UK. Link below 😍😍
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📢📢📢 Guys, I can finally share that the Kim Stone series of books has been optioned for TV by BBC Studios. Despite interest over the years we’ve always been waiting for the right fit and we feel that this team is just as passionate about the stories and will do a fantastic job of bringing these stories to life ❤️

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TV rights to the DI Kim Stone #crimethriller series have been optioned by BBC Studios & Bees and Honey Films 
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Guys, I'm beyond excited to share that BAD BLOOD is now available on Netgalley for bloggers and reviewers 😍🥳🤩❤

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Unputdownable from start to finish, Bad Blood by Angela Marsons is the 19th gripping installment in this ...
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Guys, I am absolutely thrilled to share that English Language book sales have just reached 5.5 MILLION which is just unbelievable. Thank you so much to all the readers who have been with Kim Stone since the beginning and to the new readers just starting the journey. Truly humbled and thankful ❤
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Hey guys, just to let you know that STOLEN ONES - Kim book 15 - is just 99p right now so if you haven't read it yet now is the time to grab yourself a bargain 😍😀
Stolen Ones: A totally jaw-dropping and addictive crime thriller (Detective Kim Stone Book 15) eBook : Marsons, Angela : Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Thanks Eadie. 2 books a year is impressive!

>3 Andrew-theQM: Sure is very impressive!

>4 EadieB: Thanks, Eadie,

>5 Carol420: You’re welcome!

Particular thanks for this introduction Eadie. I had not read any of these books and it was interesting to hear what a long and difficult journey Angela Marsons had to get published. This is an example of how transformative the internet can be.

>7 Maura49: You’re welcome!

Thanks >2 EadieB:

>9 Olivermagnus: You’re welcome!

Thanks Eadie! I had no idea this series was so long! Yay! Love Kim Stone. 😀

>11 bluebird_: You’re welcome!

Thanks for this, Eadie, 🙂.

>13 Sergeirocks: You’re welcome!