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Broken Bones: A gripping serial killer thriller (Detective Kim Stone Book 7) Kindle Edition

4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 12,970 ratings

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 three more sex workers in the Black Country are murdered in quick succession, each death more violent than the last, Kim and her team realise that the initial killing was no one-off frenzied attack, but a twisted serial killer preying on the vulnerable.

At the same time, the search begins for the desperate woman who left her new-born baby at the station – but what at first looks like a tragic abandonment soon takes an even more sinister turn.

When another young woman goes missing, the two investigations bring the team into a terrifying, hidden world, and a showdown puts Kim’s life at risk as secrets from her own past come to light.

As Kim battles her own demons, can she stop the killer, before another life is lost?

A gripping crime thriller from the Number One bestseller – you will be hooked until the final jaw-dropping twist.

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most immensely talented writers out there; she has an exceptional skill in creating a cast of characters and a spider web of plots that will keep you glued to the book until it is finished. I'd strongly advise getting yourself well comfy before you start reading this as you are not going to move until you are done!’ Goodreads reviewer

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‘Marsons just gets better and better,
her plots are slick, her writing intelligent, and her characters are like family… It's a sign of a phenomenal author to be able to create that connection between reader and character, and Marsons just has it... Broken Bones is utterly amazing. Buy it. Now.’ Emma the Little Book Worm

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B074LBHRHQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bookouture (November 3, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 3, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.1 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 364 pages
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Angela Marsons is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of the DI Kim Stone series and her books have sold more than 5 million in 7 years.

She lives in Worcestershire with her partner and their 2 cheeky Golden Retrievers.

She first discovered her love of writing at Junior School when actual lessons came second to watching other people and quietly making up her own stories about them. Her report card invariably read "Angela would do well if she minded her own business as well as she minds other people's".

After years of writing relationship based stories (The Forgotten Woman and Dear Mother) Angela turned to Crime, fictionally speaking of course, and developed a character that refused to go away.

She is signed to Bookouture.com for a total of 28 books in the Kim Stone series and her books have been translated into 30 languages.

Many of her books, including Blood Lines, Dead Souls, Broken Bones, Fatal Promise and Dead Memories reached the #1 spot on Amazon on pre-orders alone and the translation of Dead Souls, La Verita Sepolte, recently won the prestigious Primo Bancarella award.

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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2017
    5+++ stars

    Gosh, I had a tough week. Our house is basically a kitty infirmary right now with several of our seven cats having significant health issues. Two ER visits, lots of pills, eyedrops eight times a day, liquid meds, subcutaneous fluids, extra meals and much cuddling. Thank goodness this was the week I landed a copy of Broken Bones! It was my lifeline.

    Broken Bones is book #7 of the superb DI Kim Stone series. Angela Marsons is to be commended for her rock steady high quality writing throughout. She has yet to disappoint me. In this installment, the characters continue to evolve beautifully, much to my delight. Kim is back with Bryant, as solid a cop partnership as there is. Their understanding of each other and their give and take is so satisfying to see. We also have DS Kevin Dawson and DC Stacey partnered on a different assignment. I love that Kevin and Stacey get extra “air time” (seemingly without taking anything away from Kim and Bryant), and we see both their personalities continue to blossom. Though these four cops are very different from each other and have their own foibles, they are all exceptional people and have greatly endeared themselves to me. I think of them as extended family that I get to visit twice a year.

    This novel also has a terrific plot with a real shockeroo of an ending. Threads include a serial killer knocking off prostitutes, human profiteering, an abandoned baby, and yet another murder. As with some of her other more recent books, Ms. Marsons zeros in on difficult real life issues and does her research exceedingly well. What I especially like is that she humanizes her victims and really draws us into their plights. To me this heightens the reader’s anxiety levels (definitely a good thing when reading a thriller) when these people fall into dire straits. As always, the pace is fast as lightening, and the short chapters with their mini-cliffhanger endings make it so hard to put the book down.

    The overall flavor of the book is brilliantly captured in the title.

    I do have a bit of constructive criticism to offer which has nothing to do with the story or Ms. Marsons’ writing. Within the last month I have read two outstanding books from Bookouture that will make my top ten list of 2017--Broken Bones and Patricia Gibney’s Lost Child. For unclear reasons, the book covers selected for these two outstanding novels are very similar. Indeed this particular type of cover (woman in bright coat walking away from the viewer) has been used over and over again for many other novels, particularly within this publishing house. Whether it is meant to or not, this comes across to me as advertisement for the “thriller with damaged female protagonist” genre rather than for the individual author’s works. This may well be great for sales as most thriller readers love this type of protagonist, and the cover is certainly good looking, but I don’t think it’s fair to the authors. Ms. Marsons is a phenomenal thriller writer. Ms. Gibney is rising quickly within the same genre. I think each of these authors deserve to stand out as individuals, as do all the other authors whose novels have this cover type. To take this all a step further, Ms. Gibney has essentially the same cover for all three of her books. This makes it difficult for her individual novels to stand out. Not only that, but Ms. Marsons’ debut novel, Silent Scream, as well as book #2, Evil Games, have essentially the same cover as Broken Bones AND all three of Ms. Gibney’s books. In my humble opinion, the authors deserve better than this. With all due respect to the publishers and the artist(s) of these covers, I think the “brightly cloaked woman walking away” cover type needs to be retired and distinctive covers given to future novels of authors within this genre. OK, I’m done. I do apologize if I offended anyone with this little tirade.

    Back to Broken Bones, I have to try to explain how reading this book helped me this week. I have found that when I pick up a book from either of my two all time favorite authors (co-favorites), I feel comfort and serenity. It’s hard to explain. I feel totally content and know nothing is going to bother me or creep into my mind while I’m under the influence of these authors’ stories. So this week, two or three times a day, I sat down for 30-45 minutes with Broken Bones and easily escaped into the world of Kim, Bryant, Kev, and Stacey. And I would come out refreshed. And grateful. Grateful that Ms. Marsons hung in there for years and was finally given the chance by Bookouture to bring her work into our world and give us pleasure and escape from our own trials and tribulations. I will read anything and everything written by this author.

    If you have not started reading this series, you are really missing out. Start at the beginning by grabbing a copy of Silent Scream. Perhaps you too will find yourself a new most favorite author. I anxiously await the next installment of the Kim Stone saga from the fabulous Ms. Marsons.

    Thanks, Angie.

    Many thanks to Net Galley, Bookouture, and Ms. Angela Marsons for an ARC of this title. Opinions expressed are mine alone and are not biased in any way.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2019
    Angela Marsons just keeps getting better and better. She just keeps upping her game and has firmly cemented herself as one of my personal favorites, and very close to the top of the heap. I am convinced that Marsons could take a bad story and a bad plot and turn it in to a nail biter that I could not put down. I believe that she could write herself out of any corner. To illustrate what I am saying, I was taking a narrative literature class in college and humbly was doing quite well. The professor was a very affable, quirky fellow who wore Bermuda shorts, plaid shirts, and a striped tie to class every day. He also had a local television show with movies of the 1930’s and 1940’s and did commercials. He summoned me to his office one day and I was wondering what in the world for? Anyway, I walk to his office and sit down. He puts down this halloween witch that has been carved out of a Coors beer can. He asks, “Could you write a 300 word essay describing this witch?” I reply after thinking a bit, “Yes, but it seems sort of pointless.” He said that is what I thought. Well, he was thinking of making this a final for one of his other English classes.

    Now, I was not trying to be smug or arrogant with the above example, no, far from it. Moreover, I was not suggesting that Angela Marsons has written any bad material. What I am implying is that wherever the story takes Marsons, she is extremely apt at writing a way out. And, in my limited experience, there are few who can write this style better than Marsons in this genre, IMHO. And, I find this talent very impressive. (Boy, I sure did struggle writing myself out of that corner.)

    Angela Marsons’ seventh Kim Stone novel, Broken Bones, is a fine piece of writing that puts to test Marsons’ powerful writing skills. I have to admit that when I first began reading this ebook, that I did not think that I was going to like it all that well, compared to other Marsons works that I have read. But, oh no, Marsons would have none of this. Not only did I come to really like this book, but I really had a hard time putting it aside.

    Kim Stone has to be one of the best protagonists in this genre. Marson has really created a fabulous, first-rate, likable character with Kim Stone. It seems that some of the Western Europeans have much stronger and more likable protagonists. There is Tana French’s The Dublin Murder Squad, Ian Rankin’s Inspector John Rebus, Mel Sherratt’s DS Grace Allen, and SJ Bolton’s Lacey Flint. It seems that many of the American protagonists all have problems - PTSD, alcoholics, single-parent homes, etc.
    This is a point to consider. And, Stone is re-united with Bryant as a partner in Broken Bones. Bryant is the glue, the gel, that holds the department on course and tow the line. Bryant and Stone have a tremendous amount of respect for one another, and both would not be what they are nor as accomplished as they each are with out this working relationship.

    Two cases are brought in on this particular day. Someone drops a young baby off at the police quarters. Kim and her squad must determine who dropped this baby off. Also, a prostitute turns up murdered. It is going to be busy around the station. Then, in short order, several other prostitutes turn up murdered. Next, another murder happens and lead DC Stacey and DS Kevin Dawson down a terrible chase into an illegal immigration smuggling ring and slave labor. Stacey’ and Dawson’s contribution in Broken Bones is considerably more, and this is a good move by Ms. Marsons. Their friendship and special relationship is very well written.

    Angela Marsons is extremely good at character development and she has had seven fine Kim Stone novels to work at this. Moreover, Marsons can lay down a track a plot and storyline with the best. It is something to behold, and I really enjoy reading Marsons and observing these two aspects and how she goes about accomplishing them.

    There is one other important side to Angela Marsons’ writing. That is, Marsons will write subjects that border, or include, some of the current social problems or issues. She makes the reader think about these issues as they read, even if they are not aware of thinking about the issues. This is really not the amazing part, however. The manner that Marsons takes these issues and subtlety leaves them hanging around out there. She artfully discusses or dances about social issues having the reader thinking without being dodgy about it at all. What an amazing writer Angela Marsons is.

    I believe that almost everyone could thoroughly enjoy Broken Bones. It is a fine book in an outstanding series that I need to finish out also. And, don’t worry, I will. I can’t leave these without a good reading. Broken Bones is hard to rate, but I feel that it is somewhere between 3.8 and 4.2 stars. I will give it a 4-star review.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2025
    As usual, there’s twists and turns in the book. Kim the MC is slowly letting go of her past and she’s growing in each book. I’m glad I have many more to read.

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  • gwilkinson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another great Kim Stone book
    Reviewed in Canada on October 3, 2018
    I've really enjoyed this series, the mystery is compelling and fast-paced, but the character development moves much slower, through the different books. Always look forward to the next one!
  • Cleopatra
    5.0 out of 5 stars Episode Seven and this series keeps on getting better.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2018
    Detective Kim Stone is on her seventh outing in this up to the minute series by author Angela Marsons.

    Broken Bones opens at Christmas time with an abandoned baby outside the police station. The infant is well dressed three month old and has clearly been cared for, so why has it been left on a cold winter’s night? Kim Stone is at a complete loss what to do with the small infant but fortunately others within the station have a few more nurturing instincts than Kim and the baby is looked after while they wait for social services to take ownership. The same night the body of a murdered prostitute is found and an investigation launched to find the perpetrator.

    Angela Marsons has a knack of simplifying what is actually two simultaneous complex investigations making this book immensely readable and providing that ‘I must just read one more chapter feeling’ with ease. As expected there are a fair few red herrings with a large cast of characters to keep the reader entertained as we follow Kim down some blind alleys.

    In many book reviews a large cast could be interpreted as you’ll never know who is who unless you take careful notes but not here. All of the characters are memorable starting of course with the sharp lead, Kim Stone and her side-kick Bryant – the banter between these two lightening the mood to avoid the book falling into a miserable read. As there are two different investigations the team are split up with Stacey getting to emerge from behind her desk to partner with Dawson as she takes her investigative skills out into the wild. The reader follows both sets of pairs along the way which really underlines the importance of the entire team with the focus not solely on our lead character. That said Kim is still as feisty and as driven as she has been in the previous books in this series which makes her one of my favourite detectives on the contemporary scene.

    When I mentioned that this is crime fiction with its finger on the pulse I mean not only that it accurately takes those stories that make the headlines and puts flesh on the bones to digest, the author also emphasises through Kim as her mouthpiece that the victims are people too. The prostitute isn’t shorthand for a victim that no-one cares about and by association, doesn’t deserve the reader’s sympathy but a woman who perhaps has had to make choices that none of us would want to. In short the books are full of the details behind the headlines, yes of course they are entertainment but they also make you think without the ‘issue’ ever overpowering the storyline.

    So we have an interesting premise (or two) a superb cast of characters from all walks of life but it seems to me that with each book Angela Marsons’ handling of the plot becomes ever more assured. There is no down-time in this book at all, I constantly needed to know what was going to happen next with the timing absolutely spot-on. In short, this is not a book to be missed by fans of the series and if you haven’t started this one yet, I’d get your skates on – book eight is due out in May 2018.
  • rodolfo
    5.0 out of 5 stars eccellente
    Reviewed in Italy on April 12, 2018
    buona storia con la giusta dose di suspence. Mi piace la impostazione del libro con capitoli corti e con cambio continuo dello scenario.. Assolve allo scopo per cui acquisto libri in lingua inglese.. quello di acquisire conoscenza della lingua inglese scritta senza annoiarmi.
  • Terry Thomas
    5.0 out of 5 stars Broken bones
    Reviewed in Spain on April 1, 2018
    Me gusta Este libro, he leindo todo li Dori de esta escritura y es siempre Muy bueno.
    I like thins author and have read all her other books. I recommend you for a good read.
  • Kathrin Spikermann
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another pageturner...
    Reviewed in Germany on November 9, 2017
    ...but I expected nothing else.
    Thank you, Angela, for another brilliant installment of the life and cases of Kim Stone. With every book the characters grow more on me, and I desperately want to know what's gonna happen next... So pls hurry up with the next book :o)
    Anyway, again the story, and the cases to be solved, force you to open your eyes to realities beyond your everyday-life. To consider circumstances in which so called normal lifes can get turned upside-down, and to think about what you yourself were prepared to do...

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