Angela Marsons

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Angela Marsons is a British author of crime fiction, from the Black Country in the West Midlands. She has sold more than three-and-a-half million copies of her novels, which have been translated into 28 languages. [1] [2]

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Writing career

Angela Marsons is from Brierley Hill in the West Midlands and is a former security guard at the Merry Hill Shopping Centre. Having been rejected by numerous publishers over 25 years, she released three books in her crime series in 2015 under digital publisher Bookouture. Her books all have a Black Country setting, but the author says "I never write about a set group of people or anyone particular I know, all my characters are make believe." The principal character in the crime series is Detective Kim Stone. The success of the digitally-published Kim Stone books resulted in a print deal with publisher Bonnier Publishing Fiction. [3] Marsons is signed to Bookouture for a total of 16 books in the Kim Stone series. [4] In 2020, Marsons signed a deal with Bookoture for an extra 12 books in the Kim Stone series, bringing the total to 28.

Bibliography

Kim Stone novels

  1. Silent Scream - 20 February 2015, ISBN   978-1785770524
  2. Evil Games - 29 May 2015, ISBN   978-1785762147
  3. Lost Girls - 6 November 2015, ISBN   978-1785762178
  4. Play Dead - 20 May 2016, ISBN   978-0751571332
  5. Blood Lines - 4 November 2016, ISBN   978-0751571349
  6. Dead Souls - 28 April 2017, ISBN   978-0751571356
  7. Broken Bones - 3 November 2017, ISBN   978-0751574890
  8. Dying Truth - 18 May 2018, ISBN   978-1786814753
  9. Fatal Promise - 19 October 2018, ISBN   978-1786816931
  10. Dead Memories - 22 February 2019, ISBN   978-1786817723
  11. Child's Play - 11 July 2019, ISBN   978-1786815699
  12. First Blood - 14 November 2019, ISBN   978-0751579826
  13. Killing Mind - 13 May 2020, ISBN   978-1838887315
  14. Deadly Cry - 13 November 2020, ISBN   978-1838887339
  15. Twisted Lies - 10 May 2021, ISBN   1838887342
  16. Stolen Ones - 11 November 2021, ISBN   9781838887360
  17. Six Graves - 2 May 2022, ISBN   1838887385
  18. Hidden Scars - 9 November 2022, ISBN   1803147717
  19. DeadlyFate - 25 May 2023, ISBN   1837903980
  20. Bad Blood - 15 November 2023, ISBN   9781837906741

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