Detective Kim Stone Series 4-10 Collection 7 Books Set By Angela Marsons (Play Dead, Blood Lines, Dead Souls, Broken Bones, Dying Truth, Fatal Promise and Dead Memories)
Play Dead
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.
Blood Lines
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.
Dead Souls
When human bones are unearthed during an 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 bear the markings of bullet holes and animal traps, hinting at unimaginable horror.
Broken Bones
The murder of a young prostitute and the discovery of an abandoned baby on the same winter night signals the start of a disturbing investigation for Detective Kim Stone. When three more sex workers are murdered in quick succession, the team realise that a twisted serial killer is preying on the vulnerable. At the same time, the search begins for the desperate woman who left her newborn baby at the station - but what looked like a tragic abandonment soon takes a more sinister turn.
Dying Truth
When teenager Sadie Winter jumps from the roof of her school, her death is ruled as suicide. But then the broken body of another student is discovered 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 too. With more children's lives at risk, Kim has to consider the unthinkable - whether a fellow pupil could be responsible. Desperate to catch the killer, Kim finds a link between the recent murders and an initiation prank decades earlier. But saving innocent lives can come at a cost - and one of Kim's own might pay the ultimate price...
Fatal Promise
When a doctor is discovered brutally murdered in local woodland, Detective Kim Stone is shocked to discover the victim is Gordon Cordell - a man linked to a previous case she worked on. Gordon has a chequered past, but who would want him dead? When Gordon's son is involved in a horrific car crash which leaves him fighting for his life, Kim's sure this is no accident. Then a woman is found dead in suspicious circumstances and Kim makes a disturbing link between the victims and Russells Hall Hospital. The same hospital where Gordon worked. Kim and her team are still grieving the loss of one of their own, but now they're facing one of the most dangerous serial killers they've ever encountered. Can Kim keep her squad together and hunt him down before he claims his next victim?
Dead Memories
On the fourth floor of Chaucer House, two teenagers are found chained to a radiator. The boy is dead but the girl is alive. For Detective Kim Stone every detail mirrors her own terrifying experience with her brother Mikey, when they lived in the same tower block thirty years ago. When the bodies of a middle-aged couple are discovered in a burnt-out car, Kim can't ignore the chilling similarity to the deaths of Erica and Keith - the only loving parents she had ever known. Kim must face the brutal truth that someone wants to hurt her in the worst way possible. But with a killer firmly fixed on destroying her, can she solve this complex case and save her own life or will she become the final victim?
