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Hidden Scars: A completely gripping crime thriller with a nail-biting twist (Detective Kim Stone Book 17)

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This series truly just gets better and better and I know I’m not alone in wanting the next instalment the second I reach the end of Angela Marson’s latest brilliant offering. Kim’s character continues to grow in Hidden Scars and the title of the book reflects Kim’s circumstances as accurately as several of the other characters who feature. Kim is close to revealing the truth behind the murders, yet soon finds one of her own is in jeopardy – and the clock is ticking. I absolutely LOVED the originality of this plot, something that even though I've only read in passing has always held and intrigue to me.

I fell even more in love with Stacey in this book, she was definitely the shining light in this story and really stood out. Quickly taking back charge of her team and the case, Kim visits Jamie’s parents and is shocked to hear that they had sent him to a clinic to ‘cure’ him of his sexuality.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. However, it doesn’t matter what subject an author is attempting to “teach or preach”, I do not enjoy it.

But when they visit the center the owners are not forthcoming with their answers and any patients there were given NDO agreements so not to discuss what went on there. Detective Kim Stone’s instincts tell her something isn’t right—but it’s not her investigation, and her temporary replacement is too busy waiting for the next big case to be asking the right questions. Kim Stone fast realises she’s on the hunt for a twisted individual whose killing spree spans decades. 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 thirty years ago.When nine-year-old best friends Charlie and Amy disappear, two families are plunged into a living nightmare. Kim is haunted but resilient, especially when the future of her team is threatened by the incompetence of the DI supposedly holding it all together in her absence. It’s worth more than the Audible credit I give up to let Jan Cramer tell me the story in her most talented way.

There is the usual banter, although it is often muted, understandably, as Kim’s fuse seems even shorter than normal – also understandably. Can Kim put aside her own demons, save Grace and the other missing girls before more innocent lives are lost?Rushing to the scene of Grace’s disappearance, Detective Kim Stone finds a chilling piece of evidence: the engraved heart bracelet belonging to Melody Jones – the little girl who was taken from a playground exactly twenty-five years ago. But as she breaks the devastating news to the victim’s wife, Diane Phipps, Kim can’t help feeling that something isn’t quite right about the woman’s reaction. Groups I belong to and participate in on Goodreads include: The Mystery, Crime and Thriller Group; Mysteries and Crime Thrillers; Psychological Thrillers; Reading for Pleasure; Crime Detective Mystery Thrillers; English Mysteries; Dead Good Crime; Kindle English Mystery, All About Books and NZ Readers. Conversion Therapy, what a sad and strange world we live in to know that some people actually believe that you can, as Kim said, 'un gay' someone. But this book was amazing, and although it's touted as "can be read as a stand-alone", I totally disagree.

Can Kim bring Dawson in line and pull her crew together in time to catch the killer before another life is taken? The question is why would a teenager want to end his life and why is his mother showing no signs of grief. Kim visits Jamie’s parents and is shocked to hear that they had sent him to a clinic to ‘cure’ him of his sexuality.On the lighter side I always enjoy my time with Kim, Bryant, Penn and Stace and I devour any new information revealed about who they are and what makes them tick.

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