I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Angela Marsons never disappoints! She knows what to write and how to write it. She delivers every single time and she is good at what she does.
The themes she chooses for each book, the interactions between the characters, the characters themselves, the plot and the twists, all pull you in right from the beginning and don’t let go till the end.
So far, each and every book in the series has been brilliant.

No sign of struggle. No forced entry. Locked door. Method, practicable.
Detective Inspector Kim Stone calls it suicide.
But when she visits the victim’s family to inform them of their daughter’s death, she senses they are keeping something from her. Something is not right and after studying the photographs taken at the scene, she realizes the case isn’t suicide after all.
Then another body is found bearing similarities to the first one.

Two victims. One male, one female. Both have their throats cut. Both attended the same college. Both were emotionally vulnerable. Both disappeared from social media approximately at the same time.

What happened to these young people. Where did they go? Why did they need to die? And are there more victims that the police don’t know about?

Thanks to the author, Bookouture and the NetGalley for my copy of the book.

Another fantastic thriller from this superb author. They just keep getting better and better. Great characters, lots of depth and an amazing plot.

Excellent! Another enjoyable tale told by an author who can be relied on for a good read.

It was easy to become intimate with this team again and yet again become embroiled with their motivations. The tension is subtle but no less gripping and the speed of reading increased as the readers anxiety grows.

Definitely need the next in this series.....

Book 12 and still going from strength to strength. I stopped reading the descriptions for the Kim Stone books because I love the surprise of each story. I have never been disappointed and every book brings something new. Killing Mind is one of my favourites so far. It is very thought provoking and well researched. It’s good to see each team member featured more, each dealing with their own issues. Another 5 star book from Angela Marsons

Well... we're at book 12 already with the series showing absolutely no sign of flagging. Probably due to the author not being afraid to mix things up a bit to keep it all real. Obviously it goes without saying that you really should start from the beginning, believe me, you won't regret it.
So, we start with what, on first look, appears to be, and is initially ruled suicide. The body of a young woman, found on her bed, throat cut, with knife in hand. But Kim's mind is changed when she visits the parents and spots a clue. Then another body, also throat cut, is found and a link is made. And so begins an investigation fraught with danger as the police step up their game both as a force and individually, to get to the bottom of what is happening at Unity Farm which appears to be at the forefront of the deaths...
Everything I love about books is, once again, front and centre in this, Ms Marsons' latest offering. Tight writing, clever plotting, perfect pacing, all delivered by a wonderful cast of characters, both familiar and new. It's also true to life as the police flounder, about turn and also, in this episode, bicker a little amongst themselves. Bryant is off attending to another case so Kim is left to her own devices a little more which delivers a whole new side of her. Other members of her team seem to also show their true colours a bit more, some positive, others not so much!
As per usual the author's research skill and devotion shines through as another quite difficult subject is tackled with great care and aplomb!
All in all, another cracking addition to one of the very best series of the genre. Only downside is that I now have to wait for the next one. My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.

This is the first book I’ve read in the Kim Stone series and definitely won’t be my last. I had no trouble picking up the story without having read the previous books in the series.

This book centers around cults and Kim’s team works to solve a murder that ties into a cult. While this reads like a crime book, there were a few shocks along the way. I highly recommend this book.

So, Angela Marsons does it once again. She is such a skilled author that is able to pull you on from the very first page. And the suspense, the suspicion and the intrigue does not stop until you turn the last page.

Kim always feels like an old friend. To the point that I'm starting to know what she is going to say. But not only Kim. I love the fact that with each new book, each of the team and other characters are starting to become just as familiar. They are all branching off and looking at different lines of enquiries. And I love this because when you are reading you feel like you are part of their family. And I'm hoping from the end of this book that family will have a new member very soon!

I do have to admit I figured this one out but it really did not spoil the read. If anything I think it made it better because I was able to see how cleverly it was all put together to come to the end. I have stayed up well into the night to finish this book and no regrets about it. I will look forward to book 13 and hoping it isnt a long wait.

Killing Mind by Angela Marsons is book 12 in the Detective Kim Stone Series (there is a prequel, First Blood) but is a stand alone story. I first read about Kim in book 2 (Evil Games) and turned around and immediately purchased book 1 (Silent Scream) and have read every one since then. I love this series and each book is like catching up with an old friend. I just wished Ms Marsons wrote a little faster as I'm already anxious for the net installment! I want to thank Net Galley and Bookouture for an early copy to review.

Woop woop, another great addition to the Kim Stone series! I have been with this series from book 1 and here we are at book 12 which was another 5 stars from me!

This one starts with a suicide but something seems off to Kim. A friend of the victim also turns up dead and Kim and her team are now on the hunt for answers. I love the whole team and look forward to each and every book that comes out in this series. An excellent story line as always. Fast paced and addictive, I highly recommend and can't wait for the next one.

A big thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for allowing me the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book! 5 stars!

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Well here we are again with another mesmerising book from Angela Marsons. Detective Kim stone novel, what can you say when her books just get better and better every single time. The twist and turns lead to what you think is the killer only to find out it’s not. You follow the twist and turns and it’s like being in a maze. However when you come out of the maze your no wiser because you have exited the wrong way she takes you on this path that lees leading you, now I really did like the subject matter in this particular book. Alternate way of life is just another few words for cults, it’s refreshing to read about something that is real within the U.K. yet for some bizzar reason not many people really want to know about them or even go as far to say they don’t think they really exist. Yet they do. It was evident from the first couple of chapters that Bryant was preoccupied, it was quite refreshing to see Kim using penn a lot more in this book. Although you can understand why Bryant is preoccupied by the possibility of a something taking place. From way back when he was a constable. Overall another brilliant and mesmerising book. That once you start it it grips into you so quickly that you just keep turning the pages with no thought of time. You just can not put it down, I could not recommend a book more highly that it’s a must read. Also one last thing do not knock the storyline because we in the U.K. do have cults that’s actually a fact. Ms Marsons you are a queen of thrillers and I can not wait until Kim stones book 13. Thank you to Netgalley and booktour for the advanced copy, my review is mine and mine alone I have not been asked or paid for my review.

I was so grateful to be given the opportunity to review this latest book in the Kim Stone series. As always it did not disappoint.
Very current storyline with the usual characters working hard to resolve things.
So looking forward to the next offering by Angela Marsons.

Another absolutely fantastic addition to the Kim Stone series set in the Black Country. Somehow Angela Marsons gets the mix just right between ongoing character development and background of the Kim Stone and her team whilst simultaneously coming up with a plot line that is engaging and fresh feeling as well, of course, introducing a whole set of characters linked to the crime.

Killing Mind opens with Samantha Brown's suicide with Kim Stone and the pathologist Keats happy that it is an open and shut case but then Kim gets a feeling in her gut that the parents Myles and Kate are hiding something from the police. When a friend of Samantha's is also found dead that suspicion turns to certainty.

Meanwhile we see a more moody Bryant who is being haunted by a case that he was on the periphery of but had never forgotten and now the perpetrator is about to go for parole.

Not only are the plot lines absolutely compelling Angela Marsons takes a peek at the psychology of persuasion in this novel in a way that takes the reader behind the headlines.

I can't praise the series as a whole enough and this book is a stand out read against that background.

I’ve read most of the previous Kim Stone novels and I love the characters and the way they interact with each other. It’s like a family at work that differs from their home life.
When Kim is called to an apparent suicide of a young girl who cut her own throat, she gets a niggling feeling that it’s not all as it seems. She is right and soon the verdict is murder. When she traces the victims parents she learns that their daughter Sammy was involved in a cult and the parents had had to intervene. When they discover a second body with links to the cult, Kim realises that there is a lot more going on than she first thought. She meets Kane, the guy Sammy’s parents had paid to get her back, he is hiding something and seems to be linked to a lot more than retrieving lost souls.
This was another great read from Angela, and I will always feel grateful that I happened to see one of her covers at the library and liked to look of it. I was hooked!
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Wow the 12th book and to think I started at book 2 evil games. It's been such a wonderful journey to see this Kim Stone become what she is today.

I have been privileged to read these books before the official release as an arc and each book seems to increase the enjoyment to the previous ones.

Nothing can replace book 2 but this comes close and it's great to see how much Kim has grown in 12 books.

Wonderful writing with such great characters

WOW!!!! This book was fantastic!!! This is book 12 in the series but this is the first one I have read. Although, I did not start with the first book this book was still very easy to follow. It was very well written and a book that is hard to put down. It kept you wanting more. It started off strong and also ended strong. I highly recommend this book. I will definitely read the other 11 books in the series and any book written in the future.

Samantha Brown has committed suicide and it seems an open and shut case. A few things niggle Detective Kim Stone and she tells Keats she's not so sure it was suicide.. Sammy's parents, Myles and Kate aren't telling them something and where is their other daughter, Sophie at this tragic time?

A young man who was friends with Sammy is found dead in a local lake with similar wounds. They seem to be connected to Unity Farm, a retreat in remote farmland.

Bryant is distracted from an old case earlier in his career and has always supported the victim's father. When rapist and murderer Peter Drake gets Parole he's not sure how Richard is going to cope. He has to make a decision whether to take things forward or leave them firmly in the past...

Kane Devlin, is employed by families wanting to snatch their children back to reality away from the cult. He's quite a shady character - is his heart in the right place or is he just doing it for the money? There's a hint we might be seeing more of him in the next book.

Kim sends young cop, Tink in undercover to the farm and she befriends Brit, one of the "farm's" recruiters. It seems she could be drawn in for real and the Leader takes a special shine to her....Behind the scenes Stacey & Penn are finding out the information which will lead Kim to the connections needed to solve the case.

A fast paced and exciting read. It was great to catch up with all the characters we know and love so well. Just brilliant (and can't believe we're at book 12 already!) Highly recommend.

There are not many authors that can keep up a series of books about the same characters for this long (this makes 13 if you include last year’s prequel First Blood) and still make them as exciting, emotional, surprising and well researched as this, but Ms Marsons has done it again. Killing Mind explores the topic of cults, and how they prey on the vulnerable, but shows how anyone could fall under the spell of a charismatic leader. The biggest strength of this series are the characters, so you definitely get the most out of them by reading the series in order, but each mystery stands alone.

DI Kim Stone is called to the apparent suicide of a young woman found alone in a bare flat with her throat cut. After interviewing the devastated parents, she senses they are hiding something and re-examining the crime scene photos shows that it was in fact a murder - and then another body is found with the same injury. Discovering that Sammy had recently left a Wellness retreat led by the handsome Jake Black, Kim is initially sceptical that a cult could be operating in the Midlands, but once convinced, decides that sending someone in under cover is the only way to learn the truth. Meanwhile Bryant is horrified to discover that the killer whose crime made him become a detective years earlier is to be released on parole.

This was another perfectly paced police procedural showcasing one of the best developed CID teams in modern crime fiction. Marsons strikes the perfect balance of keeping us updated with the detectives personal lives - Stacey obsessing about losing weight for her upcoming wedding, Penn worried about his terminally ill mother - without ever getting bogged down by them or distracting from the plot. Long term fans of the series know all about Kim’s difficult past so we don’t have to revisit it each time. Minor characters like Mitch the CSI and Frost the annoying journalist get to reappear without getting in the way, while this one brings the adorable Tink to the fore - and given this series’ history I was genuinely afraid for her.

While Marsons writes about serious topics, there are some pretty funny scenes too - like what happened to poor Betty and how Bryant tackles a pesky surveillance drone, and I always love the banter between our regular characters. Once again I was blindsided by the reveal of the killer, but everything was wrapped up satisfactorily. 4.5 stars rounded up for Kim being as awesomely badass as ever.

Thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC which allowed me to give an honest review. Killing Mind is published on May 13th.

Detective Kim Stone continues to develop and leave some of her own traumatic childhood behind. With every book her keen insight into her team and her/ their investigations become more realistic. She understands the vulnerability her own team members have as individuals and their strengths as investigators. She is allowing their strengths to compliment her abilities. This book deals with cults and how members are indoctrinated into this type of community. Lots of information is presented in this book on this subject. The ending came fast and was sad and surprising. I really like the short concise chapters . Another intriguing read.

I have read other books by Angela Marsons and so I know the members of the team. That does not really make a difference because the books , although part of a series are also standalone. I like the continuation of the stories of the characters .
This one is slow to get going, the death in the opening chapter seems like suicide and her family seem to have a strange reaction to it. There were also other stories which at first did not seem to be related and felt like a distraction. However by the middle of the book I was totally hooked and I was totally engrossed in the story , enjying the twists and turns.
What I like about this author is that her stories are o believable, description is detailed and interesting without going over the top so that the reader gets enough information about someone or something without having to trail though pages of superfluous text.
I am looking forward to the next book in this series

Thank you to Net Galley for a free advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review

When DI Kim Stone is called out to verify a suicide by a young woman initially she agrees that it is suicide but something just doesn't feel right about it. After giving it some thought Kim feels that someone else is involved in the death and starts to investigate. A farm in a local village has been converted into a commune but there appears to be other deaths which are connected to it. Is this just a coincidence or is it more sinister.
This is the 12th book in the Kim Stone series and I have enjoyed every one as they seem to get better as the series progresses. Loved this one and look forward to the next one.