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Kim clutches the note tightly as her pulse starts to race. You have 36 hours. If you follow the instructions, no one will get hurt… When Detective Kim Stone is woken before dawn because local journalist Tracy Frost wants to show her a message, she’s not impressed. But her blood turns cold when she reads the note. She has 36 hours to follow a trail set by an anonymous challenger. If she fails, people will die. Kim’s gut tells her this is no hoax. She summons her team, desperate to prevent what lies ahead. With minutes to spare, they solve the first cryptic clue. It leads to a box hidden deep in the woods, containing a second clue and a tape. As she listens to the recording of a heart-wrenching scream, Kim knows her enemy will go to any lengths to achieve his goals… and that she must draw on all her experience of evil men to understand what is driving him. Refusing to blindly follow orders, Kim and the team turn the killer’s clues against him, using evidence buried deep in the tapes to find where he’s hiding his victim. But they are too late… And then, as the sun rises on the second day, someone else goes missing. This time, it’s a skilled surgeon, and if they don’t save her, an eight-year-old girl will die. Exhausted and enraged, with her bosses watching every step she takes, Kim realises the only way to win is to break the rules. But with the clock ticking, can she find the twisted mind behind this murderous game before her time runs out? From the no.1 bestselling author Angela Marsons, 36 Hours is a pulse-pounding race against time that will not let you stop reading for a second. Perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter, Robert Dugoni and Val McDermid. Can be read as a standalone. See what everyone is saying about 36 Hours: ‘I DEVOURED this book in one afternoon!… the most nail-biting Kim Stone book yet like wtf?!… keeps you racing through the pages! Do NOT miss this!!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Amazing, gut-gripping, edge-of-the-seat… I absolutely loved it and would highly recommend it to everyone! Huge 5 stars!!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow!… had me hooked, befuddled, amazed, enthralled, hooked, astounded, open-mouthed and did I mention hooked?!… totally absorbed… I was totally oblivious to the world around me at all times… addictive, amazing… I totally loved it!’ Rachel’s Random Reads, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Oh my God!!!… I was instantly hooked… Highly recommend, absolutely brilliant.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely amazing!!… couldn’t put this down… The twists the turns… at one point I was sitting on the edge of my bed ready to throw the e-reader, I couldn’t cope with the intenseness!!’ @readingismy_happy_place, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely brilliant… I simply couldn’t stop reading... I stayed up late just so that I could discover how it would all end… will take you on a rollercoaster ride and there is no time to stop for a breather!’ Me Love Books, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow! I’ve just finished reading and I don’t really have any other words… amazing… I couldn’t put this down… Highly recommend!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I could not put this down. Once I started I had to get to the ending. Everything else was ignored… LOVED IT.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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15 primary books17 released booksD.I. Kim Stone is a 17-book series with 15 released primary works first released in 2015 with contributions by Angela Marsons.
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Kim Stone #12 to #21
I went down a rabbit hole with Kim Stone. After eleven novels starring Angela Marsons’ brilliant, abrasive, sympathetic Detective Inspector, I was so enamoured with these characters, the mysteries, and all the other greatness that make these novels, I just couldn’t get enough of them.
Every waking minute that could be spent on the novels, would be.
Ok, a few times I would start to despair at the loss of the rule of law in the USA, witnessing how people like you and me are impacted by what that despicable orange person does.
And then I would immediately return to Kim Stone and her team. Penn, Stacey, Bryant (whose given name I now finally know!), Frost, and, interestingly, Leanne - they all have their moments. The stories always address relevant contemporary issues, they’re believable, suspenseful and thrilling.
I cannot review those novels individually anymore because once I had finished one (without taking the time for my usual highlights, notes, and annotations), I’d jump right into the next. I’d probably be facing the worst book hangover in decades if there hadn’t been a certain book to spare me that trouble.
Just know if you’re into mysteries and police procedurals (in rural Britain), you cannot go wrong with Angela Marsons’ Kim Stone.
Thus, I’m awarding five stars out of five to each and every instalment from #12 to #21 and will be copying this review to each of these.