Evil Games ( D.I. Stone #2) by Angela Marsons
Published: 29th May 2015
Publisher: Bookouture
Pages: 384
Available in Paperback and on Kindle
Blurb
The greater the Evil, the more deadly the game…
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.
With the investigation quickly gathering momentum, Kim finds herself exposed to great danger and in the sights of a lethal individual undertaking their own twisted experiment.
Up against a sociopath who seems to know her every weakness, for Detective Stone, each move she makes could be deadly. As the body count starts to mount, Kim will have to dig deeper than ever before to stop the killing. And this time - it’s personal.
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.
With the investigation quickly gathering momentum, Kim finds herself exposed to great danger and in the sights of a lethal individual undertaking their own twisted experiment.
Up against a sociopath who seems to know her every weakness, for Detective Stone, each move she makes could be deadly. As the body count starts to mount, Kim will have to dig deeper than ever before to stop the killing. And this time - it’s personal.
Review
After reading and been totally blown away by Angela Marsons’
first DI Stone novel Silent Scream I was eager to read her second novel Evil
Games and it didn’t disappoint, it’s another highly addictive and fast paced
read which I thoroughly enjoyed.
In Evil Games DI Stone and her team are investigating an
ongoing child abuse case alongside the recent brutal stabbing of a rapist. As
other crimes are committed Kim feels there is a connection between them, her
colleagues disagree but as the name Dr Alexandra Thorne keeps cropping up Kim
can’t let that niggle in her gut go. As she investigates on her own Kim comes
face to face with a dangerous sociopath and as Kim faces her deepest fears…can
she outwit her strongest adversary yet?
Wow, just like Angela’s first crime thriller this was
addictive from the very first page and had me hooked until the end. There were
so many plot twists and turns that kept me totally absorbed, making for a
fairly quick read. The short chapters and Angela’s excellent action packed writing
style helped this book to flow brilliantly. One thing I really loved was that
the last sentence of each chapter seemed to add more clues to the case and was
like a mini cliff-hanger urging me to keep reading.
In Alexandra Thorne Angela has created a truly despicable
and unsettling character, reading about her was so intriguing. Just like Kim I
felt that niggle that she wasn’t quite as charming as she first appeared and as
we learnt more about her and her mind games she just made me shudder. Well done
to Angela for creating such a brilliant character.
Another thing I loved about Evil Games was that we learnt a
lot more about Kim’s background which really made like her more as a character.
Although we learn more about why she is so harsh and closed off to emotions it
was nice that with the introduction of Barney the dog there is hope for Kim to
form relationships in the future, something to look forward too maybe?
Evil Games was a brilliant read, written in the same
addictive style as Silent Scream and as a follow it’s just as good as the first
one. So looking forward to reading the next book Lost Girls and really hoping
Angela will continue to write this wonderful series.
Thank you so much to Bookouture and Netgalley for the review
copy, I give Evil Games a massive 5 out 5 and urge anyone who hasn’t read this
to do so now, you won’t regret it.
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