Release date: May 13, 2020
Publisher: Bookouture
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Blurb:
When Detective Kim Stone is called to the home of Samantha Brown, she finds the young woman lying in bed with her throat cut and a knife in her hand. With no sign of forced entry or struggle, Kim rules her death a tragic suicide.
But a visit to Samantha’s parents rings alarm bells for Kim – there’s something they’re not telling her. And, when she spots a clue in a photograph, Kim realises she’s made a huge mistake. Samantha didn’t take her own life, she was murdered.
Then a young man’s body is found in a local lake with his throat cut and Kim makes a link between the victim and Samantha. They both spent time at Unity Farm, a retreat for people seeking an alternative way of life.
Beneath the retreat’s cosy façade, Kim and her team uncover a sinister community preying on the emotionally vulnerable.
Sending one of her own undercover into Unity Farm is high risk but it’s Kim’s only hope if she is to catch a killer – someone Kim is convinced the victims knew and trusted.
With Bryant distracted by the emergence of a harrowing case close to his heart, and an undercover officer in way over her head, Kim’s neck is on the line like never before. Can she protect those closest to her before another life is taken?
An unbelievably gripping crime thriller from multi-million copy bestseller Angela Marsons that will have you hooked on the Detective Kim Stone series.
Review:
Not many authors can continue writing a successful series twelve books in, but OMG can Angie Marsons continue to wow me! There has not been one moment of the Kim Stone series that’s felt stale or boring for me me, each book is just as exciting and fresh as the last one and I I have my fingers crossed that this series will continue on forever. I think it’s especially difficult to keep a crime series feeling original so it’s a huge feat that when I finish each book I just immediately want more, and y’all know how disenchanted I’ve been with thrillers lately anyway but this series is the real deal and book twelve is another winner!
This time around Kim and team are dealing with murders surrounding a cult and I’ve long had a morbid fascination with cult life. I’ve read several fiction and non fiction books about the subject but low and behold Marsons managed to enlighten me with a side of cults I’ve never heard about before and it was both interesting and awful. The author always does her research, it’s very apparent in each of her books and this was no exception. It’s not often I finish a thriller and feel like I’ve learned something but when I finish a Kim Stone book I have!
I always love catching up with Kim and crew and now more then ever I needed the familiarity and comfort that well loved characters provide. Each book allows another layer to be peeled back on the teams lives and they’re so well crafted that you swear they’re real, living, breathing people. Per usual I had absolutely nothing figured out before all was revealed as the author is a master at pulling the wool over my eyes. I can’t say enough good things about this series or this book, so get reading if you haven’t taken my advice before now!
Overall rating: 5/5
Thanks to the publisher for my review copy.
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