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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Another fantastic instalment. I love how each book gives us another piece of Kim's past and how she deals with it. I feel I'm beginning to know her more and more. A very original 'bad guy'. Very enjoyable read!
This was book 4 of the DI Kim Stone Series. Each book in this series is better and the last and it's one of the most gripping crime series I have read in a long time.
In this book, Kim and her team are called to Westerly a body farm that conducts scientific research. However while on the tour they discover a dead body and it is not one of the research facilities studies. The woman has had her face smashed in and her mouth has been filled with dirt. As Kim and her team start to investigate they receive news that another body has been found and this one is still alive, they rush to the sight and realise that the killer has been disturbed before he could Finnish the job. Kim and her team are now sure that a serial killer is at large. then a third body is found dumped at the sight in the same way. Kim's nemesis reporter Tracy frost decides to start snooping around and to complicate the story further she goes missing.
I love this book and you are starting to see more of Kim's nicer and softer side with each book. I loved this book as well as there is a silent character who appears regularly and it's tenter hooks wondering who they are. A gripping book and this series gets better and better. can't put this series down at the moment. I have heard that the author has been contracted to do 16 of these novels, if she carries on the way she's going these are going to be major classics in this Jonra and won't be forgotten easily. I am also keen to follow Kim as she develop and hope one day that she gets the closure from her own past and can finally let it go and have a life of her own.
In this book, Kim and her team are called to Westerly a body farm that conducts scientific research. However while on the tour they discover a dead body and it is not one of the research facilities studies. The woman has had her face smashed in and her mouth has been filled with dirt. As Kim and her team start to investigate they receive news that another body has been found and this one is still alive, they rush to the sight and realise that the killer has been disturbed before he could Finnish the job. Kim and her team are now sure that a serial killer is at large. then a third body is found dumped at the sight in the same way. Kim's nemesis reporter Tracy frost decides to start snooping around and to complicate the story further she goes missing.
I love this book and you are starting to see more of Kim's nicer and softer side with each book. I loved this book as well as there is a silent character who appears regularly and it's tenter hooks wondering who they are. A gripping book and this series gets better and better. can't put this series down at the moment. I have heard that the author has been contracted to do 16 of these novels, if she carries on the way she's going these are going to be major classics in this Jonra and won't be forgotten easily. I am also keen to follow Kim as she develop and hope one day that she gets the closure from her own past and can finally let it go and have a life of her own.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
I really like the Kim Stone series, but I felt this one was a little different than the others. I enjoyed the story and the plot, but I am losing my patience with the main character.
Kim Stone is supposed to be socially awkward and not very good with people, but I feel in this book she is just kind of mean and rude. She has definitely changed since the first books, but I don't really understand where the developments are coming from.
All of the sudden she is able to be really sensitive and kind with the victims; before it would have to be her partner taking care of the emotions. Had there been an obvious reason for her personality change, I would be OK with that, but in the first book it was made to seem as if it was a personality disorder. Personality disorders doesn't change just like that.
Other than that, another thrilling story from Marsons!
Kim Stone is supposed to be socially awkward and not very good with people, but I feel in this book she is just kind of mean and rude. She has definitely changed since the first books, but I don't really understand where the developments are coming from.
All of the sudden she is able to be really sensitive and kind with the victims; before it would have to be her partner taking care of the emotions. Had there been an obvious reason for her personality change, I would be OK with that, but in the first book it was made to seem as if it was a personality disorder. Personality disorders doesn't change just like that.
Other than that, another thrilling story from Marsons!
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I really enjoyed spending time with Kim and her team and the bond they have with each other. I loved the ending a lot because I didn't guess who the actual killer was beforehand. Will definitely continue with this series.
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How Angela Marsons takes me to such dark places each and every time I don’t know. She scares me with her descriptions and plot twists but then I have to stand back at the end of it all and applaud her. Quite frankly this is one humdinger of a novel and then some. I’ve never been quit as creeped out this early on in a novel before and still wanted to keep reading. This is one maggot infested and rottenly good novel that keeps you reading even though like me you are probably scratching yourself and flicking imaginary flies of you as you read.
I really am quite fascinated with DI Kim Stone and her colleagues. Tracy Frost – well there’s two names that suit. But it’s DI Stone although she lacks a lot in the social stakes, you really would want her on your team. She’s careful to respect the victims and is ‘visibly’ shaken when the body is found.
Despite it being set on a body farm, the pace is flat out exciting. Think there’s no pace and tension in a farm of bodies. Well you are wrong and what a setting! Grissom should read this book – he’d love it and probably be on the next flight out. He’d get on great with the men and women of Black Country CSI
Very yucky descriptions really add to the overall emotions you feel on reading this. There are numerous twists and turns and what an ending! Angela Marsons I do salute you although you always make me want to scrub myself after reading your books.
DI Kim tTone is a great police character and the cast here is one of the best in a crime series in my opinion. Although she scares me, I respect her and can’t want to meet up with her again in the next novel.
CSI tastic
Clare
How Angela Marsons takes me to such dark places each and every time I don’t know. She scares me with her descriptions and plot twists but then I have to stand back at the end of it all and applaud her. Quite frankly this is one humdinger of a novel and then some. I’ve never been quit as creeped out this early on in a novel before and still wanted to keep reading. This is one maggot infested and rottenly good novel that keeps you reading even though like me you are probably scratching yourself and flicking imaginary flies of you as you read.
I really am quite fascinated with DI Kim Stone and her colleagues. Tracy Frost – well there’s two names that suit. But it’s DI Stone although she lacks a lot in the social stakes, you really would want her on your team. She’s careful to respect the victims and is ‘visibly’ shaken when the body is found.
Despite it being set on a body farm, the pace is flat out exciting. Think there’s no pace and tension in a farm of bodies. Well you are wrong and what a setting! Grissom should read this book – he’d love it and probably be on the next flight out. He’d get on great with the men and women of Black Country CSI
Very yucky descriptions really add to the overall emotions you feel on reading this. There are numerous twists and turns and what an ending! Angela Marsons I do salute you although you always make me want to scrub myself after reading your books.
DI Kim tTone is a great police character and the cast here is one of the best in a crime series in my opinion. Although she scares me, I respect her and can’t want to meet up with her again in the next novel.
CSI tastic
Clare
Excellent detective story! I did not guess the ending on this one. It was fast-paced and really interesting.
The Kim Stone series is one of my favourites and I always end up devouring the books in just over a day. Detective Kim Stone is badass and comes off as super hard but deep down she is soft and vulnerable. Each book brings you closer to her and she is one of my favourite characters. This book is based on a body farm which becomes the dumping ground for fresh murders but that is the only thing linking them. The plot has a heartbreaking twist that I did not see coming. It's one of those ones where you understand why the murderer is doing it but it's obviously not the right thing to do. Once again I was hooked from beginning to end and I cannot wait to see what the next book brings.