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A review by elvang
Dead Souls by Angela Marsons
5.0
Wow. Angela Marsons continues to grow as an author. In this sixth book featuring Detective Inspector Kim Stone, she pushes Stone’s team to the next level when they are separated from their fearless boss and must handle their own investigation without her leadership. Thanks to a territorial dispute over a crime scene, Kim is forced to work with an old foe from neighbouring West Mercie. While she tries to uncover answers to a collection of human remains found at a forensic dig training site, Bryant, Dawson, and Wood look for suspects in an assault on a Polish immigrant with hate crime overtones.
Marsons has a knack for educating her readers while entertaining with intricate plots which inevitably merge in dramatic fashion. Her focus in Dead Souls is on hate crimes and prejudice in all its forms. A plot involving racism disguised as nationalistic pride could not be more relevant in these days of border walls and Brexit votes. Kudos to the author for raising awareness to the challenges faced by minorities of all stripes while giving us a fascinating mystery to solve.
Separating Stone from her team of detectives was daring and successful. Pairing solid, stalwart Bryant with the often erratic Dawson forced the two men to learn to work together and draw on each other’s strengths. Stacey Wood has played a minor yet essential role as tech wizard for the team in previous novels. In Dead Souls, she goes rogue investigation wise but also raises her fellow officer’s awareness regarding her experiences as a woman of colour. Growth by these secondary characters bodes well for future investigations. Seeing DI Kim Stone mature in her role as DI was an added bonus.
A great read I highly recommend.
ARC received with thanks from Bookouture via NetGalley for review.
Marsons has a knack for educating her readers while entertaining with intricate plots which inevitably merge in dramatic fashion. Her focus in Dead Souls is on hate crimes and prejudice in all its forms. A plot involving racism disguised as nationalistic pride could not be more relevant in these days of border walls and Brexit votes. Kudos to the author for raising awareness to the challenges faced by minorities of all stripes while giving us a fascinating mystery to solve.
Separating Stone from her team of detectives was daring and successful. Pairing solid, stalwart Bryant with the often erratic Dawson forced the two men to learn to work together and draw on each other’s strengths. Stacey Wood has played a minor yet essential role as tech wizard for the team in previous novels. In Dead Souls, she goes rogue investigation wise but also raises her fellow officer’s awareness regarding her experiences as a woman of colour. Growth by these secondary characters bodes well for future investigations. Seeing DI Kim Stone mature in her role as DI was an added bonus.
A great read I highly recommend.
ARC received with thanks from Bookouture via NetGalley for review.