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First Blood
A completely gripping mystery thriller
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Detective Kim Stone is about to meet her team for the first time. The victim of her new case is about to meet his killer... When the body of a young man is found in the Clent Hills, Kim and her new squad rush to the...
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Detective Kim Stone is about to meet her team for the first time. The victim of her new case is about to meet his killer...
When the body of a young man is found in the Clent Hills, Kim and her new squad rush to the crime scene, determined to find answers.
Searching the victim's home, Kim discovers a little girl's bedroom and a hidden laptop. But why is the victim's sister relieved to hear that he's dead... and where is the child?
As Kim begins to unearth the victim's dark secrets, she discovers a link to a women's shelter. Kim knows all too well what it means to be vulnerable. Could the shelter be the key to cracking this case?
With the killer about to strike again, Kim is in deep water with a rookie squad. Can she pull her new team together to catch the killer before it's too late?
An absolutely heart-stopping mystery thriller that will keep you glued to the pages, reading late into the night. Fans of Karin Slaughter, Mark Billingham and Robert Dugoni will want to binge the multi-million-copy bestselling Detective Kim Stone series now!
Read what everyone is saying about First Blood and the Detective Kim Stone series:
The jack, queen, king and ace of crime fiction... you can't stop reading it until the fantastic ending... Another mesmerizing and riveting read! I find it insulting to even rate it giving between one to five stars, because how many stars should you give to the sun? The World Is Ours to Read, 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
A word of warning: you will struggle to put this book down, forget about eating, drinking, sleeping, and work, this book will consume your every waking moment... the perfect crime thriller. The Book Review Cafe, 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Superb!!! I love Kim - always have, always will!!... breathtaking, heart-pounding, exciting and thrilling!!! I completely and utterly recommend reading not just this book, but the whole series!! Fab, fab, fab, fab, fab. Stardust Book Reviews, 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I cannot begin to tell you how goddamn good it is... so bloody brilliant and so gripping... totally blown my mind. Baker's Not So Secret Blog, 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Quite simply, Angela Marsons is THE QUEEN of Crime Fiction. Goodreads reviewer, 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Brilliant... Fast paced and dark, it kept me gripped from the first page to the last. Utterly superb. Goodreads reviewer, 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I couldn't put the book down... completely addictive. Rachel's Random Reads, 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
The most fabulous crime series ever written. Goodreads reviewer, 🌟🌟🌟🌟
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ISBN: 9781836186489
Publisher: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
Format: Paperback / softback
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