検索キーワード： 著者 "Angela Marsons" すべてのカテゴリー

Quando, durante uno scavo archeologico, vengono rinvenute alcune ossa umane, uno sperduto campo della Black Country si trasforma improvvisamente nella complessa scena di un crimine per la detective Kim Stone. Non appena le ossa vengono esaminate diventa chiaro che i resti appartengono a più di una vittima. E testimoniano un orrore inimmaginabile: ci sono tracce di fori di proiettile e persino di tagliole da caccia. Costretta a lavorare fianco a fianco con il detective Travis, con il quale condivide un passato che preferirebbe dimenticare, Kim comincia a investigare sulle famiglie.

When Detective Kim Stone is called to the home of Samantha Brown, she finds the young woman lying in bed with her throat cut and a knife in her hand. With no sign of forced entry or struggle, Kim rules her death a tragic suicide. But a visit to Samantha’s parents rings alarm bells for Kim - there’s something they’re not telling her. And, when she spots a clue in a photograph, Kim realizes she’s made a huge mistake. Samantha didn’t take her own life, she was murdered.

In the darkness of a cold December morning, Detective Kim Stone steps through the doors of Halesowen Police Station. She’s about to meet her team for the first time. When the body of a young man is found beheaded and staked to the ground in a secluded area of the Clent Hills, Kim and her new squad rush to the crime scene. This audio edition includes exclusive bonus content.

Late one summer evening, Detective Kim Stone arrives at Haden Hill Park to the scene of a horrific crime: a woman in her 60s tied to a swing with barbed wire and an X carved into the back of her neck. The victim, Belinda Evans, was a retired college professor of child psychology. As Kim and her team search her home, they find an overnight bag packed and begin to unravel a complex relationship between Belinda and her sister Veronica.

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 of the scene mirrors her own terrifying experience with her brother Mikey, when they lived in the same tower block 30 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 Kim had ever known.

When the body of 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 involving the death of a young schoolgirl. Gordon has a chequered past, but who would want him dead? As the investigation gets underway, Gordon’s son is involved in a horrific car crash which leaves him fighting for his life. Kim's sure this was no accident.

When nine-year-old best friends Charlie and Amy disappear, two families are plunged into a living nightmare. A text message confirms the unthinkable; that the girls are the victims of a terrifying kidnapping. And when a second text message pits the two families against each other for the life of their children, the clock starts ticking for D.I. Kim Stone and the squad.

A victim killed with a single, precise stab to the heart appears at first glance to be a robbery gone wrong. A caring, upstanding social worker lost to a senseless act of violence. But for Detective Kim Stone, something doesn't add up. 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.

When a collection of human bones is unearthed during a routine 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 hint at unimaginable horror, bearing the markings of bullet holes and animal traps. Forced to work alongside Detective Travis, with whom she shares a troubled past, Kim begins to uncover a dark, secretive relationship between the families who own the land in which the bodies were found.

When a rapist is found mutilated in a brutal attack, Detective Kim Stone and her team are called in to bring a swift resolution. But, as more vengeful killings come to light, it soon becomes clear that there is someone far more sinister at work.

Five figures gather 'round a shallow grave. They had all taken turns to dig. An adult-sized hole would have taken longer. An innocent life had been taken, but the pact had been made. Their secrets would be buried, bound in blood. Years later a headmistress is found brutally strangled, the first in a spate of gruesome murders that shock the Black Country.

They thought they were safe. They were wrong. The murder of a young prostitute and a baby found abandoned on the same winter night signals the start of a disturbing investigation for Detective Kim Stone - one which brings her face to face with someone from her own horrific childhood. As more sex workers are murdered in quick succession, each death more violent than the last, Kim and her team realize that the initial killing was no one-off frenzied attack, but a twisted serial killer preying on the vulnerable.

When teenager Sadie Winter jumps from the roof of her school, her death is ruled as suicide - a final devastating act from a troubled girl. But then the broken body of a young boy is discovered at the same school 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.

When Detective Kim Stone and her team are sent to Westerley, a forensic research facility, they discover the body of a young woman, her mouth filled with soil. But she doesn’t belong there. It seems a killer has discovered the perfect cover for their crime. Kim breaks the devastating news of Jemima’s murder to her parents, who speak of a gentle soul with no enemies. Yet when Jemima’s sister confides in Kim that she was afraid to leave the house, Kim is certain that Jemima knew her killer, and is determined to find this brutal murderer before he strikes again.

Three sisters. Three childhoods ruined. One chance to heal the scars of the past. After their death of their cruel and abusive mother, estranged sisters Alex, Catherine and Beth reunite once again.

Kit Mason has lived a life of unimaginable pain. An ex-prostitute, she has fled the clutches of an abusive pimp and now finds herself living hand to mouth in a new city, without anyone to help her. Frances Thornton seems to be living the perfect life. A lawyer from a privileged background, her perfect façade hides the painful secrets that still haunt her.

Ju mer ondska, desto dödligare spel ... När en våldtäktsman hittas knivmördad efter ett brutalt överfall kallas kriminalkommissarie Kim Stone och hennes team in för att lösa fallet. Men när fler mord sker står det snart klart för Kim att det är något väldigt ondskefullt som ligger bakom. När utredningen tar fart inser Kim att hon själv är i fara, att hon har blivit måltavla för en livsfarlig person som håller på med ett förfärligt experiment. I kampen mot en sociopat som verkar känna till alla hennes svagheter, utsätter sig Kim för livsfara med varje steg hon tar.

Un secreto. Cuatro cadáveres. Seis sepulturas. Cuando la detective Kim Stone llega a la escena de un incendio, se encuentra con los cadáveres de dos adolescentes y sus padres. Solo que esta tragedia no es lo que parece. Los cuatro cuerpos muestran heridas de bala y todos los indicios apuntan a que Helen Daynes, la madre, es quien ha disparado a su familia. En el pasado de Helen, hay un historial clínico de depresión.

Tiene que evitar que le haga daño a alguien más. No quiero hacer estas cosas tan terribles. Ayúdeme, antes de que me vea obligado a hacerlo otra vez. Y volveré a hacerlo, porque no tengo alternativa. Nunca la he tenido. En un ajetreado hipermercado, una niña se abraza sola a un osito de peluche. Horas después, el cadáver de su madre aparece en un solar abandonado. A la detective Kim Stone le da la impresión de haber sido un asesinato rápido y funcional. Pero sus instintos le dicen que, en este crimen sin sentido aparente, hay más de lo que puede descubrirse a simple vista.

Todo parecía tan sencillo... Entrar, conseguir la información, salir. Pero ahora se estaban metiendo en su mente, y no sabía cómo detenerlos... Han llamado a Kim Stone para que acuda a casa de Samantha Brown. La joven ha aparecido tendida en la cama, degollada y con un cuchillo en la mano. Nadie parece haber forzado la entrada, no hay signos de lucha. Kim dictamina que la muerte ha sido un trágico suicidio. Pero una visita a los padres de Samantha hace saltar las alarmas: hay algo que no le están contando. Entonces, Kim descubre una pista en una fotografía