STOLEN ONES
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.
With her characteristic short chapters and fast paced stories, Angela Marsons brings us the latest offering in her DI Kim Stone series, STOLEN ONES.
Kim and her team don’t quite know the cat-and-mouse game that awaits them when intelligent and wealthy philanthropist Stephen Harte coolly enters the police station and confesses to having information about the child abduction of Melody Jones that occurred twenty five years ago. Frustrated at his lack of directness, Kim is ready to disregard his claims until word comes through that another girl has just gone missing, and at her place of abduction is a piece of jewellery that belonged to Melody.
In every book, Marsons strives to bring to light a new facet of investigative work. This time around it’s interview and interrogation techniques. How do you engage with someone, and get them to reveal information you need to solve a case? How do you read and respond to their body language? How do you get Stephen Harte to confess his connections to the crimes and hopefully make it in time to find a frightened little girl still alive?
This was another engaging and enjoyable read. There were plenty of interesting twists along the way – and that final big twist – yikes! I did not see that coming at all.
Deranged ex-psychiatrist, Alexandra Thorne is also back on the scene. She's been a great character in some of the previous books, but this time around I felt she was an extraneous detour from the primary plot that offered little to the overall story.
One character I would love to see more of is forensic archaeologist, Dr. A. She’s so caring and passionate about her work. Her brusque interactions with colleagues, coupled with her regular butchering of the English language always provides humour.
Well done to Angela. This is book 15 in the series, and it is as fresh as the earlier books. That’s worthy of recognition. This book holds up well as a standalone read, but I think there is a lot value for to readers to start at the beginning. I am already eager to read the next book.
Review copy courtesy of Bookouture and Netgalley.
I discovered my love of writing at Primary School when a
short piece on the rocks and the sea gained me the only merit point I ever got.
I wrote the stories that burned inside and then stored them safely in a desk
drawer.
After much urging from my partner I began to enter short story competitions in
Writer’s News resulting in a win and three short listed entries. I
self-published two of my earlier works before concentrating on my true passion
– Crime.
After many, many submissions I signed an 8 book deal with Bookouture as their first crime
author.
I live in the Black Country with my partner, our bouncy Labrador and potty-mouthed parrot.
http://angelamarsons-books.com/
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