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Review for 'Deadly Fate' by Angela Marsons.


Read and reviewed via NetGalley for Angela Marsons, Bookouture publishers and Bookouture anonymous


Publication date 25th May 2023.


This is the twelfth book I have read by this author and it is the eighteenth book in the 'Detective Kim Stone' series but can be read as a standalone. I have previously read the first 7 books in the 'Detective Kim Stone' plus the fourteenth to seventeenth book which I loved and would recommend. Sadly I haven't had time to read from the 8th book until the fourteenth but will definitely be making time to as I LOVE KIM STONE!!!


I was originally drawn to this book by its eye catching cover and its intriguing synopsis and title. The synopsis stated that this book is a 'Totally addictive with a final twist that will leave you shouting out loud, you’ll want to inhale Deadly Fate in one sitting. Fans of Karin Slaughter, Val McDermid and Robert Dugoni will love the new crime thriller from the number one multi-million-copy bestselling author Angela Marsons'. I am a fan of all three of these authors especially Karin Slaughter so am looking forward to see if it lives up to this statement. I am also a MASSIVE fan of Angela Marsons and the Kim Stone series and if this is half as good as the rest it is sure to be a great read. I must admit I was also biased due to the publisher being Bookouture. I have yet to read a book published by Bookouture that I haven't enjoyed. Hopefully this won't be the first... Watch this space! (Written before I started reading the book).


This novel consists of a prologue and 82 chapters. The chapters are short in length so easy to read 'just one more chapter' before bed...OK, I know yeah right, but still just in case!


This book is based in West Midlands, UK 🇬🇧. The bonus for me of books that are partly or fully based in the UK is that I live in the UK and have sometimes visited places mentioned in the book which makes it easier to picture. I have actually visited the West Midlands on several occasions so am looking forward to see if I recognise anywhere.


This book is written in a mix of third and first person perspective with the main protagonists being Detective Kim Stone, Detective Penn, Detective Stacey Wood and an unknown narrator. The benefits of books written in first person perspective are as long as they are well written it makes you feel that you are being spoken to by the protagonist and it can create more of a bond between yourselves and them. If there are several protagonists you also get to see more of what is going on. The benefits of third person perspective with multiple protagonists are that it let's you see the bigger picture of what's going on and you get to know more characters more, what they are thinking and what they are doing. It feels like you get to see the whole picture and not miss out in anything. To have the benefit of both first and third person perspective ensures you don't miss out on anything.


'Deadly Fate' discusses some topics that may trigger some readers or may not be suitable for others. I like to point this out ahead of time in my reviews so you can judge if this book is for you or not. In this book Angela discusses/includes sexual assault and hate crime.


OMG!!! SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO US ANGELA!!!! JUST WOW!!!! Seriously love, love LOVED this book!!!! Although, shouldn't be so shocked, it is Angela Marsons and Kim Stone after all!!!! Anyway, on with the review shall I....


Angela's style of writing is absolutely fantastic. She has a way in which she completely absorbs the reader into the book with vivid and graphic descriptions that have you completely lost in the plot. It is the type of book that when you finish you look around and wonder where you are and how is nobody else reacting to the bombshell that has just been dropped!!! The cover IS Kim Stone for me and the name and synopsis suited the plot perfectly.


Most heart racing, nail biting, actually stopped breathing book I've EVER read!!!! I mean how on earth do you do it Angela??? Every single book is more heart racing than the next and this has absolutely smashed it!!! This epic series is the best I have ever read. I mean nobody can beat Kim and the team!!


Angela kicks it out of the ballpark each and every single time!!! How can someone write so many epic, addictive and gritty books yet come up with unique storylines that shock the reader constantly!!! Angela is the absolute queen of crime and if you have never read any of her books then what on earth are you waiting for!!! You are seriously missing out!! The storyline is an absolute rollercoaster ride through a multi layered adventure park set in the world of horror, supernatural, medium and crime!!! There's never just one case with Angela but so much going on, not too much to get you confused but just the perfect amount to keep the pace continuous. The majority of chapters end on cliffhanger so keeps reader addicted and turning pages. Although this book is the 18th book in the epic Kim Stone series it can easily be read as a standalone. I haven't had time to read from books 7 until 14 and I cannot wait to get back to her previous books I never had any point felt I'd missed out something to do with the book. Anything that had been mentioned from previous cases were explained with just the right amount of information, not too much to bore those who have read every book and just enough so new readers know what's happened. The murders and crimes are unique and morbidly intriguing. I was on the edge of my seat, biting my nails whilst feeling my heart pounding into the silly hours of the morning as this is one book that cannot be put down so clear your diaries before picking it up. It fills you with all emotions from fear to laughter, tension to shock. I was not expecting that ending at all on both cases. I was absolutely speechless and actually shouted OMG to which my partner looked at me stupid!!! I absolutely loved the fact that Angela explores psychics and mediums on this book as I have always been utterly intrigued by the art of mediumship and always enjoy going on nights out to see clairvoyants and mediums so it really was fantastic to see it brought up in a book. My heart was in my throat the whole way through from the epilogue to the very last sentence. I just could not believe what I was reading. As always the last chapter had me absolutely gobsmacked and I absolutely LOVED IT!!! Well done Angela, I'm getting harder and harder to shock but you had me hook, line and sinker!!!! I seriously NEED to see these amazing books on the big screen!!


Although this is the eighteenth book in the series I had would have had absolutely no problems reading it without the others. Any details or events that have previously happened are mentioned in just the right amount of detail to let a new reader know what has happened and yet not too much to bore a previous reader.


These characters have become like very close friends to me and each time I meet them it feels like I haven't been far from them for long. Kim and her fierce attitude, DCI Woodward and his stress ball, the hatred for Tracy Frost and so much more. . It isn't all crime and sadness in Angela's books though and it had me giggling on several occasions which is brilliant considering it's a crime novel. I love it when authors put some comedy in these novels as it lightens it up at times and Kim's attitude really does make me smile and laugh out loud. Angela creates fantastic team dynamics with memorable characters who work together brilliantly and perfectly. Each character is unique and has strong personalities and they just are completely unforgettable. Randomly, its always important for me to like the pathologist in any police procedurals and to click with them as much as the main police team. Their relationship with the main protagonist is also important to me as reader. In this case the pathologist is Keats and how I love the sarcasm between him and the team and his attitude. Stacey and Penn are also strong team members and I love how they work so well together and yet wind each other up constantly. Angela has brought these characters to life over this series and I have yet to meet a team and group of people I like so much. I genuinely miss them between books.



A MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS ANGELA MARSONS!!! As always you have done the research and you have created what I can guarantee will be one of the best read books ever!! When are you going to bring Kim to the big screen??? I hope your busy writing cause I cannot wait to get my hands on your next success!!! Seriously what are you waiting for guys??? Stop reading this and get your copy now!!!! This is exactly why you and this series are my favourite author and series!!! You are absolutely amazing and I hope you are busy on your next success because I'm missing the gang already!!!


Overall an absolutely amazing psychological thriller of epic proportions that will keep your heart pounding all night. This is one of the best books I have ever read!!!! An absolute MUST READ!!!


Genres covered in this novel include Crime, Serial Killers, Women's Psychological Fiction, Women Sleuths, Female Detectives, Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Women's Popular Fiction, Literary Fiction, Suspense Thriller, Murder Thriller, Mystery ,Thriller & Suspense Literary Fiction, Police Procedural and Serial Killer Thriller amongst others.


I would recommend this book to the fans of the above as well as fans of Lisa Jewell, Rachel Abbott, K.L Slater, Karin Slaughter, Val McDermid, Carol Wyer, PJ Tracy, Robert Dugoni, T.M Logan, Patricia Gibney, MJ Lee, Kathy Reich's, anyone after an addictive psychological thriller and YOU, YES YOU READING THIS AND YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND EVEN YOUR GOLDFISH!!!



362 pages.


This book is just £2.99 to purchase on kindle and £9.99 in paperback via Amazon at time of review, which I think is an absolute bargain for this book!!!


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Another superb chapter in the Kim Stone series which would also work as a stand alone novel.
Despite 17 previous, excellent books, Angela Marson's work remains fresh, thrilling and utterly engaging throughout.
I look forward to each of these and I am never disappointed.

Kim Stone is going to wish she could see the future in this interesting and unique murder case. There are several threads to the story, but Marsons expertly weaves them together.

It starts with the violent murder of a proclaimed psychic and pulls Kim and her team into a game of a cat and mouse. There are a few suspects and shady characters, but are any of them behind the murder? They're still not sure when there's another victim, and it almost feels like they are starting the investigation from scratch.

But the challenge still doesn't seem to be enough for Kim Stone because she and her team also look into some other cases that arise during the course of the main investigation. Of course they all end up relevant to the main plotline.

Deadly Fate is a crime thriller that haunts you should step away and beckons your return. Marsons's writing had me turning the pages quickly to discover the killer's identity, and the reveal did not disappoint.

Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for an advanced reading copy.

Deadly Fate is the 18th outing for DI Kim Stone and her team, and another solid mystery from an author who is somehow able to find new interesting issues to explore with each book. This time, it’s about psychics, and has the gang investigating the vicious murder of a woman in a cemetery, with a side story about a delusional stalker. As ever, I was kept in the dark about whodunnit, and was both entertained and gripped throughout. My one niggle was the behaviour of one regular character, whose actions didn’t make sense given how much they’ve gone through in previous instalments. That storyline is left open for the next book, and I look forward to finding out what happens.

Thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC; I am posting this honest review voluntarily.
Deadly Fate is available now.

Detective Kim Stone looks at the violent crime scene of a young woman and knows that this murder was personal.
What a beginning to the newest installment in the DI Kim Stone series!
It’s alway nice to see how the team works together to investigate more then one case at a time.
I read late into the night to finish this one.
Angela Marsons writing is always solid and pulls you in from the first page to the last page.
DI Kim Stone is a favorite series of mine and one I look forward to reading each time a new book comes out.
Many thanks to NetGalley, Bookouture and the author for the opportunity to read this book for my honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.

Eighteen books in and I don't know how she does it. And by "it," I mean keep coming up with new cases that are meaty enough to keep my ADHD-battered interest. In addition, not only do the cases remain compelling, but also the stuff beyond the cases. Sometimes in detective stories/police procedurals, I find myself wanting to skim through the personal life drama, but that's not the case here. I'm always eager to see what's going in the lives of Kim and her crew. On that note, I'm very nervous about what's going to happen with the storyline left dangling in this book, but I still want to find out.

My thanks to Bookouture for an eARC via NetGalley of ‘Deadly Fate’ by Angela Marsons.

This is Book 18 in Marson’s popular D.I. Kim Stone series of police procedurals set in the West Midlands. I have read and enjoyed six of the previous books in this series and hope to eventually read them all. While there are some ongoing aspects linked to its characters, each book can easily be read as a standalone.

The case in ‘Deadly Fate’ involves the discovery of the body of Sandra Deakin in an overgrown graveyard. She died of multiple stab wounds. It turns out that Sandra was a medium, though one who only did private sittings.

The last people to see Sandra alive were a group of women who had a session with her the night before she was killed. Kim and her team soon learn that each of the women is lying about why they wanted Sandra’s help. So there are plenty of suspects to investigate.

However, when there is another murder they realise that there is more to the case than they first had thought. I won’t say more in order to avoid spoilers.

This was another complex, multifaceted case for Kim and her team; though I was especially interested in the focus on the subject of spirit mediums. Kim Stone has to confront her own scepticism about whether communication with the dead is even possible.

Overall, another top notch police procedural from Angela Marsons that is bound to please her many fans.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of Deadly Fate by Angela Marsons in return for my honest review.
This is book 18 in the Kim Stone series which I can hardly believe, this and every book in the series is brilliantly written the story lines are all captivating. I highly recommend reading them in order to get the full Kim Stone experience you defiantly won’t be disappointed.

An intriguing case for Detective Kim Stone when the body of a woman is found murdered, stabbed eleven times, in a graveyard. They learned that she was a psychic and liked to touch the head stones as she walked her dog. Her team arrives and begins processing the scene and it seems that they will have plenty of suspects to investigate. There is the man who found the body and had been arrested and charged for stalking another woman, the priest who had banned the psychic from the local church, and a group of women who attended the psychic’s last event. When a psychic from a hotline center is murdered in the same manner, Kim fears that they have the beginning of a seral killer. She and her team must find the killer before more lives are lost. Her team is also investigating the natural death of a homeless man who gambled away his marriage and life. Can they find justice for this man and his family? Along with the step-by-step investigation, I always enjoy the interaction and comradery among Kim and her team. I received an advance review copy at no cost and without obligation for an honest review. (paytonpuppy)

Another fabulous Kim Stone book by Angie, this series gets better and better. I look forward to more
I highly recommend everyone read this series.

Angela Marsons D.I. Kim Stone is hands down one of the best series I have ever been graced to read. I was so pleased when I was given the opportunity to read Deadly Fate! This, as per usual, was so well-written that I got automatically sucked into the drama and the events surrounding it. I don't want to give a lot away, but I need book 19 ASAP!

Thank you, Netgalley and Bookouture, for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

Any of the books in the Kim Stone series are an automatic read for me, and I am very happy that I read this one too!

Kim becomes embroiled in a case where a psychic is murdered, a middle aged woman, and then a 19 year old man is murdered with the same MO. What could these two people possibly have in common? It is a mystery, indeed.

Are psychics real or are they charlatans? That is a good question, and one that Kim and her team need to answer, in one way or another. As always, Kim's team use their strong skills in various areas to figure out the who and why of the murders. I love all the supporting characters in these books, so much.

4.5 stars from me.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture.

Just as Kim Stone was settling down to worn on her beloved bike she gets a call. A body has been found in a churchyard. She has been savagely stabbed. This was an attack that was deeply personal, but why? The last people to see her alive were a group of women who attended met at a yoga class but had been at the home of one of the women for a get together. The victim was a psychic- was this fact central to her demise? As another victim turns up it looks like this may well be someone who wants to uncover their deception.

As always this was an engrossing read. However somehow something seemed missing- nothing that I could put my finger on & nothing that prevented me from giving it five stars. Thanks to Netgalley & the publisher for letting me read & review this book

I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Again with the fantastic writing. Seriously though, a book should not be this good. I started this book during a day of travelling and it was the easiest journey I ever had because I didnt notice any of it (shout out to my husband for steering me through the airport so I didnt have to look up from reading).

BUT!!!!!!! there is one little flaw in this book...the thing with Stacey. Personally I feel by now she would know better than to keep this kind of thing from anyone.

Deadly Fate is the 18th book in the unputdownable Di Kim Stone series. Yes you’ve read that correctly book 18, my word where does the time go. I remember reading the first book in the series ‘Silent Scream’ back in 2015 and now 8 years later we are onto book 18.
Deadly Fate is yet again another absolutely brilliant read by Marsons. We are almost immediately brought into the action when the body of Sandra Deakin is found on church grounds and then a few days later the body of a young man is found. Is there a connection between these two murders ? Not to be done with just trying to find the killer or killers the team are also looking into a cold case going back 10 years.
Wow! This book had me firmly gripped to the edge of my seat and I was buried into my kindle until the very last chapter. Angela Marsons is definitely in my opinion the Queen of Police Procedurals. I have read every single one of this series and they honestly just keep getting better and better. As I was reading this book I often felt I was out at a crime scene with Stone and Bryant or in the incident room back at the station with Penn and Stacy so well are the characters and place descriptions described. To sum up, Deadly Fate is an utterly gripping crime thriller that once you start reading you won’t want to put down. As for the ending .. all I can say is can we have book 19 like yesterday please !

Thank you to #Netgalley and #Bookouture for the copy of #DeadlyFate by #AngelaMarsons
Kim Stone is back with all the gang and it’s like greeting old friends. Kim, Bryant, Penn and Stacey all such different characters but work together so well.
You don’t need me to tell you the plot it’s in all the blurb. You just need to know this is one series that you mustn’t miss.
I always say I’m going to take it slow and make the book last, but I get caught up in the story and the books read before I can catch my breath.

You’ve done it again Angela !!!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

D.I. Kim Stone is still going strong in this gripping and hard to put down addition to this fantastic series!

Should the psychics have seen their deaths coming?

In Deadly Fate, Kim is on the hunt for a killer who is targeting psychics. The murders are horrific and appear to be personal. Why would someone want to kill them? That is the question that Kim and her team are tasked with answering. As they begin their investigation, Stacy, one of the investigators, has caught the attention of a stalker.

The stakes are high in this book as the body count is rising and Stacy appears to be in danger. Marson has the team working non-stop in this pulse pounding and tense book. I could feel Kim's determination to solve the case. She puts all her energy into her cases and this book was no exception. This book shows the team’s investigation skills and small glimpses into their private lives. Being that this is the eighteenth book in the series, readers know the team and it is always a pleasure to learn more about their lives. This also means that when they are in danger or being stalked like Stacy, it gets emotions flowing and hearts beating.

Marson presents readers with suspects, and I did my own super sleuthing along with the team. I was shocked at the reveal and did not see it coming at all! I love it when that happens. Plus, the book ends with a nail-biting cliff hanger! I can't wait to see what happens in the next book!

As always this was a well written and well thought out book that was gripping and hard to put down! This is one of my favorite series and I highly recommend it.

This is book 18 in the Kim Stone series and I don't know how Angela does it but it's still just as good as book 1. I highly recommend reading in order because Kim and the team have grown so much and they're just such fantastic reads. I love Kim and her team. There are so many great characters and they work so well together.

The psychic element of this book was so interesting and I really liked that even though the tricks of the trade were shared nothing was proven either way. Kim's message at the end was equal parts beautiful and heart breaking.

The case had me hooked and I had no idea who it was. Stacey also has an issue going on on the side and it ends on a bit of a cliffhanger which isn't my favourite type of ending. I am now stressed for the next book because I love Stacey and I don't trust Angela to not stomp on my heart.

I received a copy of the ebook via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

Deadly Fate is number 18 in this fantastic series. The main plot this time is that someone seems to be targeting psychics to be viciously attacked and murdered. Is it a rival, a disgruntled customer, or just your friendly neighbourhood stalker/psycho? We all know Kim Stone will sort it out. But what was interesting about this book was the questions asked about the psychic industry. I actually learned a fair bit about their methods but what I liked was despite being a complete sceptic myself the book left room for possibilities. In another plot Stacey's in trouble and certainly isn't in for an easy ride in the future. All I can say is Oi! Angie Marsons! Step away from my favourite sidekicks! I won't be able to take it if something happens to Stacey....or Bryant...or Penn. Nor Devon. OK not a sidekick I know but just NO!

But that's all in the future. For now I'm very happy with Angela Marsons latest novel. And I think you might be too.

Absolutely love this series - Kim is a badass! Unfortunately, this one showed a completely different Kim. She seemed unsure of herself, second guessing, soft ... not what I've come to love about this character. I get it - the last couple were super intense, and no one comes out of those experiences unscathed. In my opinion, Kim was a little too soft for someone with her personality and background.

With that being said - my only negative about this book - another seriously solid addition to the Kim Stone series. I can't wait for the next one!

Thank you #netgalley and #bookouture for the eARC.