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

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.

Sandheden var død og begravet... indtil nu. Da en samling menneskeknogler dukker frem under en rutinemæssig arkæologisk udgravning, forvandler en mark i Black Country sig pludselig til et mystisk gerningssted for kommissær Kim Stone. Da knoglerne bliver sorteret, står det klart, at graven rummer mere end ét offer. Ligene bærer vidnesbyrd om ubeskrivelige rædsler med skudhuller og mærker efter dyrefælder. Kim bliver tvunget til at samarbejde med kommissær Travis, som hun har en problematisk fælles fortid med.

Quando la polizia ritrova il cadavere di un'assistente sociale uccisa da un'unica letale coltellata, tutto fa pensare a una rapina andata male. Ma la detective Kim Stone è convinta che qualcosa non torni. Pochi giorni dopo, una tossicodipendente della zona viene ritrovata uccisa nello stesso identico modo. L'istinto di Kim le suggerisce che dietro ci sia la mano dello stesso assassino. Eppure non c'è niente a collegare le due vittime, a eccezione dell'inquietante precisione con cui sono state uccise: una singola coltellata.

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.

¡Pito, pito, gorgorito! Yo decido si tu vida quito... Cuando se descubre el cuerpo de un médico brutalmente asesinado en un bosque local, la detective Kim Stone se sorprende al descubrir que la víctima es Gordon Cordell, un hombre vinculado a un caso anterior en el que murió una joven colegiala. Gordon tiene un pasado accidentado, pero ¿quién querría que muriera? A medida que avanza la investigación, el hijo de Gordon se ve involucrado en un horrible accidente automovilístico que lo deja luchando por su vida. Y Kim está segura de que no fue un accidente.

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

In a quiet kitchen, where two mugs wait by the kettle to be filled, Sheryl Hawne lies in a pool of blood. Her only daughter, Katie, is found at her side, still clutching the murder weapon and apparently incapable of speech. To Detective Kim Stone, the case seems open and shut. But Katie is in no state to be questioned, so Kim and the team must dig deep to understand what triggered this brutal act.

Ella les arruinó la vida. Ahora quieren destruir la suya. "Alguien está recreando cada punto traumático de tu vida. Lo hace para provocarte sufrimiento, para hacerte daño, y el único final posible es la muerte. Tu muerte". En la cuarta planta del edificio Chaucer, dos adolescentes aparecen encadenados a un radiador. El chico está muerto, pero la chica está viva. Para la detective Kim Stone, cada detalle de la escena es un reflejo de su propia experiencia aterradora con su hermano Mikey, cuando vivían en el mismo edificio, treinta años atrás.