DI Kim Stone Series by Angela Marsons

We are introduced to Detective Inspector Kim stone in Angela Marson’s thriller, Silent Scream. The death of a headmistress leads DI Stone and her charges to a dead body found buried near an abandoned children’s home. Another burial site and a few murder scenes later, DI stone uncovers the connection between recent events.  She must now hunt down a vicious murderer trying to cover his original tracks!

 

In Evil Games, DI Kim Stone is called to the murder scene of a convicted rapist. She is soon called to other murder scenes where her gut tells her that something isn’t adding up. Once the link has been established between these murders, a hunch leads her to a formidable enemy, an enemy that Kim may not be equipped to handle.

Best friends, Charlie and Amy, are kidnapped in Lost Girls. DI Kim is brought into the case at the request of an old acquaintance. The kidnapper struck previously but with a tragic outcome. The stakes are raised when each family is asked to bid for their child with a twisted ransom demand. To get the girls back Kim has to manoeuvre between paranoid superiors, a tenacious reporter, grief stricken parents, an outside negotiator and nervous kidnappers.

 

When asked to visit a body farm to help close cold cases, DI Kim Stone does not expect to find a murder victim amongst the bodies used for research.  Not long after their first discovery, they find a second body and a third victim, barely alive. In Playing Dead, Di Kim has to race against time to save a fourth victim from a serial killer with an agenda.

These books can be read as stand alones but the progression and growth of Kim Stone will be missed, so I highly recommend reading the series from the beginning. Subtle nuances in her character  and her relationships are drawn out by the expert hand of Angela Marsons. I thoroughly enjoyed this series and look forward to the next instalment, Blood Lines.