Broken Bones
by
Angela Marsons
Publisher: Bookouture
Publication date: 3rd November 2017
Series: D.I. Kim Stone #7
Genre: Crime / Mystery
Pages: 366
Format read: eBook
Source: Courtesy of the publisher via Netgalley
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
three more sex workers are murdered in quick succession, each death
more violent than the last, Kim and her team realise that the initial
killing was no one-off frenzied attack, but a twisted serial killer
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 looks like a tragic abandonment turns even more sinister when a
case of modern slavery is uncovered.
The two investigations
bring the team into a terrifying world of human exploitation and cruelty
– and a showdown that puts Kim’s life at risk as shocking secrets from
her own past come to light.
A
young prostitute is found murdered. A baby is left outside the police station,
abandoned by its mother. Broken Bones,
the seventh D.I. Kim Stone novel, runs along a dual plot line.
Kim
splits the team up with Dawson and Stacey covering the abandoned baby case.
Stacey is ready to come out from behind the desk, after a previous trauma, and
prove herself in the field.
Stone
and Bryant are partnered on the murder case. I loved their natural banter and
ribbing and how their personalities complement each other. Kim, headstrong and
impulsive matches well with Bryant’s calm manner.
Broken Bones has
themes of manipulation and abuse. The abandoned baby case brings us face to
face with illegal immigrants. How they are used for cheap labour and what they
have to endure for a chance at a new life.
The
murder of the prostitute is handled with compassion. A story of online grooming
and coercion, Marsons goes behind the act to show us vulnerable girls and how
they become entrapped.
We
are reminded occasionally of Kim’s past, fully explained in previous books,
which keeps the reader on track as to why Kim is like she is. Her motivation.
Broken Bones is a
gripping and utterly addictive serial killer thriller. I was hooked from the
start.
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
My rating 5/5
Angela is the author of the
Kim Stone Crime series. She discovered a love of writing at Primary
School when a short piece on the rocks and the sea gained her the only
merit point she ever got.
Angela wrote the stories that burned inside and then stored them safely in a desk drawer.
After
much urging from her partner she began to enter short story
competitions in Writer's News resulting in a win and three short listed
entries.
She used the Amazon KDP program to publish two of her earlier works before concentrating on her true passion - Crime.
