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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.

Westerley research facility is not for the faint-hearted. A "body farm" investigating human decomposition, its inhabitants are corpses in various states of decay. But when Detective Kim Stone and her team discover the fresh body of a young woman, it seems a killer has discovered the perfect cover to bury their crime. Then a second girl is attacked and left for dead, her body drugged and mouth filled with soil. It's clear to Stone and the team that a serial killer is at work - but just how many bodies will they uncover?

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.

En tidigare dömd våldtäktsman hittas brutalt knivskuren till döds och kommissarie Kim Stone kallas in för att snabbt lösa fallet. Det som först ser ut att vara en hämnd visar sig vara något långt mer kalkylerat och ondskefullt. Undersökningen tar fart parallellt som arbetet med att avslöja en pedofilring pågår, men Kim inser också att hon är måltavla för en sjuk människas livsfarliga experiment med mänskliga offer. I en kraftmätning mot en livsfarlig psykopat som verkar känna alla hennes svagheter, blir plötsligt vartenda steg Kim tar en potentiell dödsfälla.

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.

¿Cuán lejos estás dispuesto a llegar para proteger tus secretos más siniestros? La adolescente Sadie Winters es encontrada muerta tras haber saltado desde el tejado del edificio de su colegio. Todo apunta a que fue un suicidio, el devastador acto final de una niña cargada de problemas. Pero, cuando en el mismo colegio aparece el cuerpo maltrecho de otro chico, para la detective Kim Stone se hace evidente que estas muertes no han sido trágicos accidentes.

De zenuwslopende Kim Stone-serie gaat verder in een nieuw jasje – voor de fans van M.J. Arlidge, Robert Bryndza en J.D. Barker. Op een koude winternacht worden de lijken van een jonge sekswerker en een baby gevonden en al snel volgen er meer slachtoffers. Er blijkt een seriemoordenaar die actief op kwetsbare vrouwen jaagt. Meer en meer sekswerkers worden dood aangetroffen, iedere moord nog gruwelijker dan de vorige. Terwijl Kim en haar team alles op alles zetten om de moordenaar te ontmaskeren, meldt zich bij het bureau een wanhopige vrouw die haar pasgeboren baby is kwijt­geraakt op het treinstation.

Autrice aux quatre millions d'exemplaires vendus à travers le monde, Angela Marsons signe un thriller plein d'émotion et hautement compulsif sur un cauchemar universel. Qui seriez-vous prêt à sacrifier pour revoir votre enfant ? Les Timmins et les Hanson sont deux familles qui s'entendent à merveille et dont les petites filles de neuf ans sont inséparables. Jusqu'au jour où un SMS vient foudroyer leurs existences : " Charlotte et Amy ne rentreront pas à la maison aujourd'hui. "

When Detective Kim Stone races to the crime scene, there is no body waiting for her: The paramedics are desperately trying to save the victim’s life. But there is something very strange about the way the man was found, his arms raised above his head, his legs spread apart. When he dies on the way to the hospital, Kim is certain she’s on the hunt for a killer…but all evidence at the scene has been destroyed.

Il calo improvviso delle temperature porta con sé la neve e un fagottino avvolto in uno scialle lasciato sulla soglia della stazione di polizia di Halesowen. Chi abbandonerebbe un bambino per strada con un freddo simile? È questa la domanda che tormenta la detective Kim Stone, formalmente incaricata di prendersi cura del neonato fino a che non verranno allertati i Servizi Sociali. E la notte è ancora lunga: una telefonata di emergenza richiama la detective in servizio. Kelly Rowe, una giovane prostituta, è stata assassinata nel quartiere di Hollytree.

When Detective Kim Stone rushes to the scene of a house fire, she’s shocked to discover it’s claimed the lives of two teenage children and their parents. But this tragedy is not quite as it seems. Each body is marked by a gunshot wound, and the mother, Helen Daynes, is holding the gun. The case sparks painful childhood memories for Kim, who suffered at the hands of her own abusive mother, but it just makes her more determined to uncover the truth. As Kim untangles Helen’s past, she finds a history of clinical depression. But did it drive Helen to murder her loved ones?

l laboratorio di Westerley non è un posto per i deboli di cuore. Si tratta di una struttura che studia i cadaveri in decomposizione. Ma quando la detective Kim Stone e la sua squadra scoprono proprio lì il corpo ancora caldo di una giovane donna, diventa chiaro che un assassino ha trovato il posto perfetto per coprire i suoi delitti. Quanti dei corpi arrivati al laboratorio sono sue vittime? Mentre i sospetti di Kim si fanno inquietanti, una seconda ragazza viene aggredita e rinvenuta in fin di vita con la bocca riempita di terra.

Selv de mørkeste hemmeligheder kan ikke ligge begravet for altid... Fem skikkelser står forsamlet om en lav grav. De havde alle sammen skiftedes til at grave. Et hul i voksen størrelse ville have taget længere. Et uskyldigt liv var blevet taget, men pagten var blevet indgået. Deres hemmeligheder ville blive begravet, forseglet med blod. År senere bliver en skoleforstander fundet brutalt druknet, det første af en stribe makabre mord, der ryster Black Country. Men da der bliver fundet ligrester ved et tidligere børnehjem, kommer foruroligende hemmeligheder også for dagen.