Showing results by author "Angela Marsons"

When teenager Sadie Winter jumps from the roof of her school, her death is ruled as suicide - a final devastating act from a troubled girl. But then the broken body of a young boy is discovered at the same school and it’s clear to Detective Kim Stone that these deaths are not tragic accidents. As Kim and her team begin to unravel a dark web of secrets, one of the teachers could hold the key to the truth. Yet just as she is about to break her silence, she is found dead.

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 that shock the Black Country.

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.

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 more sex workers are murdered in quick succession, each death more violent than the last, Kim and her team realize that the initial killing was no one-off frenzied attack, but a twisted serial killer preying on the vulnerable.

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.

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.

A victim killed with a single, precise stab to the heart appears at first glance to be a robbery gone wrong. A caring, upstanding 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.

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?

Kit Mason has lived a life of unimaginable pain. An ex-prostitute, she has fled the clutches of an abusive pimp and now finds herself living hand to mouth in a new city, without anyone to help her. Frances Thornton seems to be living the perfect life. A lawyer from a privileged background, her perfect façade hides the painful secrets that still haunt her.

Three sisters. Three childhoods ruined. One chance to heal the scars of the past. After their death of their cruel and abusive mother, estranged sisters Alex, Catherine and Beth reunite once again.

Dunkelsten Geheimnissen auf der Spur. Detective Inspector Kim Stone, West Midlands Police. Vierunddreißig, schlagfertig, kompromisslos. Nicht immer freundlich, nicht immer fair, nicht immer regelkonform. Ihre Mutter lebt in der geschlossenen Psychiatrie, doch wie es der alten Schlange geht, interessiert Kim nicht.

Detective Inspector Kim Stone, West Midlands Police. Vierunddreißig, schlagfertig, kompromisslos. Nicht immer freundlich, nicht immer fair, nicht immer regelkonform. Ihre Mutter lebt in der geschlossenen Psychiatrie, doch wie es der alten Schlange geht, interessiert Kim nicht. Als eine Schuldirektorin in ihrer Badewanne ertränkt und kurz darauf ein Mann mit aufgeschnittener Kehle gefunden wird, finden Kim Stone und ihr Team heraus, dass beide in einem inzwischen geschlossenen Kinderheim gearbeitet haben.

Der zweite Fall von Detektive Kim Stone. Als Detektive Kim Stone zu einem Leichenfund gerufen wird, ist für sie schnell klar: Hier handelt es sich um einen Racheakt, denn Allan Harris saß jahrelang wegen einer brutalen Vergewaltigung im Gefängnis. Tatsächlich bekennt sich das damalige Opfer Ruth bald zu der Tat, die es nicht ertragen konnte, Harris wieder auf freiem Fuß zu wissen. Doch Stone hat so ihre Zweifel an Ruths Geständnis und sucht deshalb deren Psychotherapeutin Dr. Alexandra Thorne auf.

Der zweite Fall von Detective Kim Stone. Als Detective Kim Stone zu einem Leichenfund gerufen wird, ist für sie schnell klar: Hier handelt es sich um einen Racheakt, denn Allan Harris saß jahrelang wegen einer brutalen Vergewaltigung im Gefängnis. Tatsächlich bekennt sich das damalige Opfer Ruth bald zu der Tat, die es nicht ertragen konnte, Harris wieder auf freiem Fuß zu wissen. Doch Stone hat so ihre Zweifel an Ruths Geständnis und sucht deshalb deren Psychotherapeutin Dr.Alexandra Thorne auf.