stardustbookreviews posted: " #BooksOnTour #BlogTour #Review #NetGalley #StolenOnes #KimStone Release Date: 11th November 2021 / Publisher: Bookouture 25 years ago he took a girl. Today he takes another.One August afternoon, eight-year-old Grace Lennard skips into the gard"
Release Date: 11th November 2021 / Publisher: Bookouture
25 years ago he took a girl. Today he takes another.One August afternoon, eight-year-old Grace Lennard skips into the garden of the childcare centre she attends and vanishes into thin air.
Hours before, Steven Harte walks into Halesowen police station and confesses to having information that will lead Detective Kim Stone to Melody Jones – the little girl who was taken from a playground exactly twenty-five years ago. But something about his confession is off and Kim dismisses his claims.
Arriving at the scene of Grace's disappearance, Kim finds a chilling piece of evidence: the heart bracelet belonging to Melody. Now Kim must play Steven's twisted game if she is to find Grace alive. But they're going to play by Kim's rules.
With only twenty-four hours to make every second of Steven's interrogation count, and scan his behaviour for hidden clues, Kim and her team soon link Steven to the abduction of several vulnerable girls – two were kept for a year and then released, unharmed – but where are Melody and the others?
Then small bones are discovered in the grounds of a local park, and Kim fears the worst.
Kim may be close to convicting a killer, but there's another who wants revenge against her – Dr Alex Thorne – the evil woman Kim did her best to keep behind bars. Alex is about to reveal a shocking secret to Kim that will hit her where it hurts the most. And if Kim lets Alex mess with her head, she might not be able to save Grace and find the other missing girls in time.
An edge-of-your-seat thriller that will leave your heart in your mouth. You will be totally hooked on the utterly addictive, number one, multi-million-copy bestselling Detective Kim Stone series.
This is book #15 of the Kim Stone series. Whilst part of a series, it can be read as a standalone book, but I would recommend reading the other books of the series for better understanding of the storyline! I always get excited when I hear there is a new Kim Stone book due out! I wait eagerly every time to pick up the story of our favourite Black Country detective again, and whilst we are 15 books into the series, it just keeps getting better and better! Stone and her trusted crew are back on the case of a missing child, Grace Lennard. When Steven Harte walks into Halesowen Police Station with information pertaining to Melody Jones, who went missing 25 years before, Kim can't dare to believe that not only are the two cases linked, but that Steven Harte is telling the truth. This sets the team off on a chase to find out the truth about what really happened all those years before.
This book starts straight into the action when little Grace Lennard goes missing. Immediately my heart jumped into my throat, as it does with any missing child, and I'm instantly hooked into the storyline. Kim has to be my favourite character…EVER, but the storyline had me wondering if she might be reaching the point of how much she can cope with! Her interviews with the mysterious (and seriously weird!) Steven Harte were genius, and I was willing her to keep on the right side of cool throughout! The thought of Stone having to patiently smile sweetly instead of slapping the cuffs on and dealing with the consequences later did make me chuckle! And if we think Kim didn't have enough on her plate, Dr Alexandra Thorne is back, playing her evil mind games with Kim from her prison cell. Whilst the ex-psychiatrist and very much current sociopath sends shivers down my spine, it's fabulous to have her back and I can't wait to see if we see her again!
The storyline twists its way throughout the book, making sure you keep turning those pages as fast as you can! The plot is filled with red herrings, dead ends and more loop the loops than a rollercoaster, and yet despite all this it's such an easy-to-read book with everything laid out uncomplicatedly! There's no "I don't get that" and "what did she mean by that?", everything is so fantastically written that even with a fast-paced plot, I managed to keep up with Every. Single. Word! Of course, the Queen of Crime keeps the major plot twist under wraps until she's ready to let you have it, and I seriously didn't see it coming until it smacked me right in the face!
What more can I say other than…I LOVED IT! There are some great authors and books out there at the moment, but I'm sorry everyone, this author pips you all at the post with every book released. The characters are fabulous – the good guys are good; the bad guys are seriously bad! The plots are fast paced and full of thrills, chills, tension and suspense! And, as I say every time, I know all the places throughout the book and can picture them perfectly in my mind (some of them are only down the road!). If you haven't read any of these books yet…then why not?! You will not find a better police procedural thriller read, nor a gutsier, bolshie and wonderfully likeable character than our very own Kim Stone! Highly, HIGHLY recommend!
The Author
Angela Marsons is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of the DI Kim Stone series and her books have sold more than 4 million in 5 years.
She lives in Worcestershire with her partner and their 2 cheeky Golden Retrievers.
She first discovered her love of writing at Junior School when actual lessons came second to watching other people and quietly making up her own stories about them. Her report card invariably read "Angela would do well if she minded her own business as well as she minds other people's".
After years of writing relationship based stories (The Forgotten Woman and Dear Mother) Angela turned to Crime, fictionally speaking of course, and developed a character that refused to go away.
She is signed to Bookouture.com for a total of 28 books in the Kim Stone series and her books have been translated into more than 27 languages.
Many of her books, including Blood Lines, Dead Souls, Broken Bones, Fatal Promise and Dead Memories reached the #1 spot on Amazon on pre-orders alone and the translation of Dead Souls, La Verita Sepolte, recently won the prestigious Primo Bancarella award.
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