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Dead Souls by Angela Marsons
5.0
I read this novel as June's title in my "Marsons of the Month" series of blog posts. My entire review of "Dead Souls" can be found here: https://fictionophile.com/2019/06/30/dead-souls-by-angela-marsons-book-review-marsonsofthemonth/
In DI Kim Stone’s sixth outing we find her working a cold case alongside a former colleague. Some human bones have been found and they are located on the border of two police jurisdictions. Despite years of animosity, Kim is ordered to work with Travis, the DCI of the neighboring police force, in a joint investigation.
Meanwhile, Kim’s team are investigating a recent spate of hate crimes. Blacks, Polish, Pakistanis, Gays, no one is exempt. Bryant and Dawson are out in the field, while Stacy Wood is working at the office behind her computer screen. She resents the attitude of her co-workers who want to shelter her from the ugliness of the case because she is black. She investigates on her own, without telling her co-workers or her superiors. This will prove to be a grave mistake on her part…
The narrative of “Dead Souls” alternates between the cases of Kim and Travis, and that of Bryant and Dawson.
Kim is striving to understand why she and Travis have been unable to get along despite the fact that they were once friends and partners on the job.
The two cases converge when DS Stacey Wood is abducted.
This sixth novel in the series has proved to be a worthy successor to the first five. It was interesting to see how Kim’s team manage to work without her. At the same time, it shows a little more of Kim’s history before we met her in the first book.
This novel exemplified the intolerance possible in human interaction. It opened my eyes to just how evil we can be to each other… It spoke to racism and xenophobia.
“The internet makes it much easier to hate”.
As I finished this sixth novel in the series, I felt certain that this entire series is one I will certainly recommend to all lovers of gritty crime fiction. Lucky for me I purchased the entire series in order that I might read one installment every month for my “Marsons of the Month” blog series. I look forward to reading the seventh book, “Broken Bones” in July.
Oh, and in case you didn’t already guess… “Dead Souls” is highly recommended by me.
In DI Kim Stone’s sixth outing we find her working a cold case alongside a former colleague. Some human bones have been found and they are located on the border of two police jurisdictions. Despite years of animosity, Kim is ordered to work with Travis, the DCI of the neighboring police force, in a joint investigation.
Meanwhile, Kim’s team are investigating a recent spate of hate crimes. Blacks, Polish, Pakistanis, Gays, no one is exempt. Bryant and Dawson are out in the field, while Stacy Wood is working at the office behind her computer screen. She resents the attitude of her co-workers who want to shelter her from the ugliness of the case because she is black. She investigates on her own, without telling her co-workers or her superiors. This will prove to be a grave mistake on her part…
The narrative of “Dead Souls” alternates between the cases of Kim and Travis, and that of Bryant and Dawson.
Kim is striving to understand why she and Travis have been unable to get along despite the fact that they were once friends and partners on the job.
The two cases converge when DS Stacey Wood is abducted.
This sixth novel in the series has proved to be a worthy successor to the first five. It was interesting to see how Kim’s team manage to work without her. At the same time, it shows a little more of Kim’s history before we met her in the first book.
This novel exemplified the intolerance possible in human interaction. It opened my eyes to just how evil we can be to each other… It spoke to racism and xenophobia.
“The internet makes it much easier to hate”.
As I finished this sixth novel in the series, I felt certain that this entire series is one I will certainly recommend to all lovers of gritty crime fiction. Lucky for me I purchased the entire series in order that I might read one installment every month for my “Marsons of the Month” blog series. I look forward to reading the seventh book, “Broken Bones” in July.
Oh, and in case you didn’t already guess… “Dead Souls” is highly recommended by me.