2Carol420
Silent Scream - Angela Marsons
Book Discussion:
Series: DI Kim Stone - Book #1
Publication Date: August 1, 2016
Book Description: Five figures gather round a shallow grave. They had all taken turns to dig. An adult-sized hole would have taken longer. An innocent life had been taken, but the pact had been made. Their secrets would be buried, bound in blood . . . Years later, a headmistress is found brutally strangled, the first in a spate of gruesome murders which shock the Black Country. But when human remains are discovered at a former children's home, disturbing secrets are also unearthed. D.I. Kim Stone fast realizes she's on the hunt for a twisted individual whose killing spree spans decades. As the body count rises, Kim needs to stop the murderer before they strike again. But to catch the killer, can Kim confront the demons of her own past before it's too late?
Dates Read: July, 27, 2019 - July 31, 2019
Participants & Ratings: (5) Andrew 4.5, Sergei 4.5, Carol 5, Eadie 5, Brenda 4
Overall Average Rating: 4.6
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Evil Games - Angela Marsons
Book Discussion:
Series: Kim Stone Book #2
Publication Date: April 17, 2017
Book Description: 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, each move she makes could be deadly. As the body count starts to mount, Kim will have to dig deep to stop the killing. And this time...it's personal
Dates Read: January 9, 2020 - January 13, 2020
Participants & Ratings: (7) Andrew -4.5, Sergei-4.5, Carol-5, Lynda-5, Eadie-5, Brenda -4.5 Gayle - 4
Overall Average Rating: 4.64
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Lost Girls - Angela Marsons
Book Discussion:
Series: DI Kim Stone Book #3
Publication Date: September 1, 2017
Book Description: 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 realizes that these ruthless killers might be the deadliest 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?
Dates Read: September 9, 2020 - September 15, 2020
Participants & Ratings: (9)- Andrew 5- Sergei 5 - Carol 5- Lynda 4.5 - Eadie 4 - Bluebird 5- Brenda 4 - Gayle 4 - Jodie - 4
Overall Average Rating: 4.50
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Play Dead - Angela Marsons
Book Discussion:
Series: Kim Stone Book #4
Publication Date: May 4, 2016 (Paperback)
Book Description: 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 Stone and 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?
Dates Read: April? 2023 - April? 2023
Participants & Ratings: (7) - Andrew - 4 Sergei - 4 Lynda -4 Eadie -3.50 John -3.25 Brenda -4 Bluebird -4
Overall Average Rating: 3.82
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Blood Lines -Angela Marsons
Book Discussion
Series: DI Kim Stone Book #5
Publication Date: November 4, 2016
Book Description:A victim killed with a single, precise stab to the heart appears at first glance to be a robbery gone wrong. A caring mother and social worker lost to a senseless act of violence. But for Detective Kim Stone, something doesn’t add up. When a local drug addict is found murdered with an identical wound, Kim knows instinctively that she is dealing with the same killer. But with nothing to link the two victims except the cold, calculated nature of their death, this could be her most difficult case yet. Desperate to catch the twisted individual, Kim’s focus on the case is threatened when she receives a chilling letter from Dr Alex Thorne, the sociopath who Kim put behind bars. And this time, Alex is determined to hit where it hurts most, bringing Kim face-to-face with the woman responsible for the death of Kim’s little brother – her own mother. As the body count increases, Kim and her team unravel a web of dark secrets, bringing them closer to the killer. But one of their own could be in mortal danger. Only this time, Kim might not be strong enough to save them.
Dates Read: February 2024
Participants & Ratings; - Andrew 4.5; Sergei 4.5; Carol 5;0; Lynda 5.0; Eadie 5.0; Colin Michael Felix 5.0 Bluebird:4.5; John 4.75
overall average Rating: Average 4.75
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Dead Souls - Angela Marsons
Book Discussion:
Series: Detective Kim Stone, Book #6
Publication Date: April 25, 2017
Book Description:The truth was dead and buried… until now. When a collection of human bones is unearthed during a routine archaeological dig, a Black Country field suddenly becomes a complex crime scene for Detective Kim Stone. As the bones are sorted, it becomes clear that the grave contains more than one victim. The bodies hint at unimaginable horror, bearing the markings of bullet holes and animal traps. Forced to work alongside Detective Travis, with whom she shares a troubled past, Kim begins to uncover a dark secretive relationship between the families who own the land in which the bodies were found. But while Kim is immersed in one of the most complicated investigations she’s ever led, her team are caught up in a spate of sickening hate crimes. Kim is close to revealing the truth behind the murders yet soon finds one of her own is in jeopardy – and the clock is ticking. Can she solve the case and save them from grave danger – before it’s too late?
Dates Read: - December 12, 2024 - December 18, 2024
Participants & Final Rating: (7) Andrew: 4.75 Sergei:4.5 Carol: 4.50 Lynda:4.5 Eadie:4.0 John:3.75 Maura:4.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.36
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Broken Bones - Angela Marsons
Book Discussion:
Series: Kim Stone Book #7
Publication Date: October 27, 2017 (paperback)
Book Description:
They thought they were safe. They were wrong.
The murder of a young prostitute and a baby found abandoned on the same winter night signals the start of a disturbing investigation for Detective Kim Stone – one which brings her face to face with someone from her own horrific childhood. As three more sex workers in the Black Country are murdered in quick succession, each death more violent than the last, Kim and her team realise that the initial killing was no one-off frenzied attack, but a twisted serial killer preying on the vulnerable. At the same time, the search begins for the desperate woman who left her new-born baby at the station – but what at first looks like a tragic abandonment soon takes an even more sinister turn. When another young woman goes missing, the two investigations bring the team into a terrifying, hidden world, and a showdown puts Kim’s life at risk as secrets from her own past come to light. As Kim battles her own demons, can she stop the killer, before another life is lost?
Dates Read: - October 16, 2025 - October 19, 2025
Participants & Ratings:(8) Andrew: 4.5 Sergei:4.5 Carol:5.0 Lynda: 4.5 Eadie:4.5 John:4.5 Maura:4.5 Bluebird:
Overall Average Rating: 4.57 (without Bluesbird)
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Book Discussion:
Series: DI Kim Stone - Book #1
Publication Date: August 1, 2016
Book Description: Five figures gather round a shallow grave. They had all taken turns to dig. An adult-sized hole would have taken longer. An innocent life had been taken, but the pact had been made. Their secrets would be buried, bound in blood . . . Years later, a headmistress is found brutally strangled, the first in a spate of gruesome murders which shock the Black Country. But when human remains are discovered at a former children's home, disturbing secrets are also unearthed. D.I. Kim Stone fast realizes she's on the hunt for a twisted individual whose killing spree spans decades. As the body count rises, Kim needs to stop the murderer before they strike again. But to catch the killer, can Kim confront the demons of her own past before it's too late?
Dates Read: July, 27, 2019 - July 31, 2019
Participants & Ratings: (5) Andrew 4.5, Sergei 4.5, Carol 5, Eadie 5, Brenda 4
Overall Average Rating: 4.6
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Evil Games - Angela Marsons
Book Discussion:
Series: Kim Stone Book #2
Publication Date: April 17, 2017
Book Description: 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, each move she makes could be deadly. As the body count starts to mount, Kim will have to dig deep to stop the killing. And this time...it's personal
Dates Read: January 9, 2020 - January 13, 2020
Participants & Ratings: (7) Andrew -4.5, Sergei-4.5, Carol-5, Lynda-5, Eadie-5, Brenda -4.5 Gayle - 4
Overall Average Rating: 4.64
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Lost Girls - Angela Marsons
Book Discussion:
Series: DI Kim Stone Book #3
Publication Date: September 1, 2017
Book Description: 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 realizes that these ruthless killers might be the deadliest 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?
Dates Read: September 9, 2020 - September 15, 2020
Participants & Ratings: (9)- Andrew 5- Sergei 5 - Carol 5- Lynda 4.5 - Eadie 4 - Bluebird 5- Brenda 4 - Gayle 4 - Jodie - 4
Overall Average Rating: 4.50
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Play Dead - Angela Marsons
Book Discussion:
Series: Kim Stone Book #4
Publication Date: May 4, 2016 (Paperback)
Book Description: 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 Stone and 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?
Dates Read: April? 2023 - April? 2023
Participants & Ratings: (7) - Andrew - 4 Sergei - 4 Lynda -4 Eadie -3.50 John -3.25 Brenda -4 Bluebird -4
Overall Average Rating: 3.82
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Blood Lines -Angela Marsons
Book Discussion
Series: DI Kim Stone Book #5
Publication Date: November 4, 2016
Book Description:A victim killed with a single, precise stab to the heart appears at first glance to be a robbery gone wrong. A caring mother and social worker lost to a senseless act of violence. But for Detective Kim Stone, something doesn’t add up. When a local drug addict is found murdered with an identical wound, Kim knows instinctively that she is dealing with the same killer. But with nothing to link the two victims except the cold, calculated nature of their death, this could be her most difficult case yet. Desperate to catch the twisted individual, Kim’s focus on the case is threatened when she receives a chilling letter from Dr Alex Thorne, the sociopath who Kim put behind bars. And this time, Alex is determined to hit where it hurts most, bringing Kim face-to-face with the woman responsible for the death of Kim’s little brother – her own mother. As the body count increases, Kim and her team unravel a web of dark secrets, bringing them closer to the killer. But one of their own could be in mortal danger. Only this time, Kim might not be strong enough to save them.
Dates Read: February 2024
Participants & Ratings; - Andrew 4.5; Sergei 4.5; Carol 5;0; Lynda 5.0; Eadie 5.0; Colin Michael Felix 5.0 Bluebird:4.5; John 4.75
overall average Rating: Average 4.75
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Dead Souls - Angela Marsons
Book Discussion:
Series: Detective Kim Stone, Book #6
Publication Date: April 25, 2017
Book Description:The truth was dead and buried… until now. When a collection of human bones is unearthed during a routine archaeological dig, a Black Country field suddenly becomes a complex crime scene for Detective Kim Stone. As the bones are sorted, it becomes clear that the grave contains more than one victim. The bodies hint at unimaginable horror, bearing the markings of bullet holes and animal traps. Forced to work alongside Detective Travis, with whom she shares a troubled past, Kim begins to uncover a dark secretive relationship between the families who own the land in which the bodies were found. But while Kim is immersed in one of the most complicated investigations she’s ever led, her team are caught up in a spate of sickening hate crimes. Kim is close to revealing the truth behind the murders yet soon finds one of her own is in jeopardy – and the clock is ticking. Can she solve the case and save them from grave danger – before it’s too late?
Dates Read: - December 12, 2024 - December 18, 2024
Participants & Final Rating: (7) Andrew: 4.75 Sergei:4.5 Carol: 4.50 Lynda:4.5 Eadie:4.0 John:3.75 Maura:4.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.36
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Broken Bones - Angela Marsons
Book Discussion:
Series: Kim Stone Book #7
Publication Date: October 27, 2017 (paperback)
Book Description:
They thought they were safe. They were wrong.
The murder of a young prostitute and a baby found abandoned on the same winter night signals the start of a disturbing investigation for Detective Kim Stone – one which brings her face to face with someone from her own horrific childhood. As three more sex workers in the Black Country are murdered in quick succession, each death more violent than the last, Kim and her team realise that the initial killing was no one-off frenzied attack, but a twisted serial killer preying on the vulnerable. At the same time, the search begins for the desperate woman who left her new-born baby at the station – but what at first looks like a tragic abandonment soon takes an even more sinister turn. When another young woman goes missing, the two investigations bring the team into a terrifying, hidden world, and a showdown puts Kim’s life at risk as secrets from her own past come to light. As Kim battles her own demons, can she stop the killer, before another life is lost?
Dates Read: - October 16, 2025 - October 19, 2025
Participants & Ratings:(8) Andrew: 4.5 Sergei:4.5 Carol:5.0 Lynda: 4.5 Eadie:4.5 John:4.5 Maura:4.5 Bluebird:
Overall Average Rating: 4.57 (without Bluesbird)
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3Andrew-theQM
Thanks Carol, for Book 5 Bloodlines, the participants and scores were :
John 5
Eadie 5
Sergei 4.5
Bhabeck 4.5
Colin Michael Felix 5
Lynda 5
Andrew 4.5
Carol 5
Maura 4.5
Bluebird 4.5
Average 4.75
John 5
Eadie 5
Sergei 4.5
Bhabeck 4.5
Colin Michael Felix 5
Lynda 5
Andrew 4.5
Carol 5
Maura 4.5
Bluebird 4.5
Average 4.75
4Olivermagnus
Thanks >2 Carol420:
5Carol420
>4 Olivermagnus: You are welcome. >3 Andrew-theQM: Thanks Andrew, I don't know why they didn't get recorded.
6Maura49
Thank you Carol. i managed to get a copy of the first of these books and found that right at the beginning Angela Marsons had nailed Kim's fully formed character. This is a really worthwhile series to pursue.
7Carol420
>6 Maura49: You're welcome. Glad you will be joining us.
8JohnDBurke
Thanks Carol
10Sergeirocks
>2 Carol420: Thanks, Carol, ☺️.
