Angela Marsons Books in Order - Series Guide

Angela Marsons is a British crime thriller author best known for the DI Kim Stone series, a long-running police procedural set in the Black Country of the West Midlands. Silent Scream, the first book in the series, became an almost immediate bestseller, selling over a million copies, while at the same time, reaching #1 on Amazon UK. Her books have since been translated into 30 languages and sold over five million copies worldwide, making Angela Marsons one of the most commercially successful British crime writers of the past decade.

This page lists all Angela Marsons books in order, including the full DI Kim Stone series with the prequel First Blood, the standalone novels, plus her short stories in anthologies.

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Latest Angela Marsons Books

**Wicked Women** (Detective Kim Stone #23), April 2026

Detective Kim Stone Series (Books in Order)

The Detective Kim Stone series follows Detective Inspector Kim Stone, a sharp, driven West Midlands police officer working out of Halesowen in the Black Country, who investigates some of the darkest crimes. Serial killers, missing children, institutional abuse, are just some of them. At the same time, she is managing a team she’s very protective of despite her blunt, often abrasive way. Kim Stone’s troubled childhood is a major story arc which runs through the series, giving her character more depth than a standard procedural lead. Her working relationship with DS Bryant is a major part of the overall plot.

Reading Order

Standalone Novels

The Forgotten Woman, 2013
Dear Mother, 2014 (also titled The Middle Child)
If Only, 2021

Anthologies

Dead Simple, 2017
Written in the Stars, 2022

Angela Marsons Biography

Angela Marsons is a British crime thriller author whose work includes the long-running DI Kim Stone series. Her books have sold more than five million copies worldwide and have been translated into 30 languages.
Official website: angelamarsons.com

Born in 1968 in Brierley Hill in the Black Country, West Midlands, Angel Marsons showed an early interest in storytelling but spent nearly two decades working as a duty security manager at Merry Hill Shopping Centre, overseeing a team of over 70 officers.

She wrote novels throughout those years, including two character-driven novels originally self-published as My Name Is and The Middle Child, which were later reissued as The Forgotten Woman and Dear Mother, but was rejected by publishers for 25 years before being approached by digital publisher Bookouture in 2014.

In 2015, Bookouture released three DI Kim Stone books within months of each other, with Angela Marsons becoming the first crime author on their list. Silent Scream hit #1 on Amazon UK and stayed there for over a month. The series grew rapidly from there, with the author writing roughly two books a year. A print deal with Bonnier Publishing Fiction followed, which brought the series to a wider international audience. She was longlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library Award in 2024. Angela Marsons lives in the Black Country with her partner.

Angela Marsons Awards and Honors

Nominations and Shortlists

Play Dead – Goodreads Choice Award, Best Mystery & Thriller, (2016)
CWA Dagger in the Library, (2024)

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Founder of Mystery Sequels, a reference site focused on listing mystery and thriller books in the correct reading order. I maintain and update the site’s bibliographies as new titles are released, ensuring accuracy and consistency across author and series pages.

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26 Comments

Les Wilshaw says:
July 17, 2025 at
Patiently awaiting book 22 which comes out in August. I can’t wait to see how all the characters are getting on as I feel I personally know them all.
Superb writing and fantastic story lines. Sometimes funny, sometimes really sad, especially when you find out Kim’s life story. But enough said about that, you’ll have to read this series to find out.
If you love edge of your seat suspense and crime mysteries, try these books, you won’t regret it.
Peter Andrews says:
May 31, 2025 at
I have just finished reading Book 21 and sadly there are no more, YET!
I loved the way the characters developed throughout the series. The humour was brilliant.
Although I was born & bred in Birmingham, I bought my first house in Kingswinford then moving to Wall Heath and West Hagley. Also working in Great Bridge. I recognised many of areas mentioned in the book so it seemed to add reality.
Of course all this is personal but which added to the experience of reading these books, but it is obvious that the quality of the writing is appreciated worldwide.
Angela Marsons you are a terrific writer I hope there is more to come from Kim Stone and there is another character somewhere in your planning for a new series.
Alison C says:
May 28, 2025 at
Discovered this series after seeing book 1, Silent Scream, was available totally free as a Kindle download. I had been on the lookout for a new series of books and so since it was free I read it. I’m so glad I did! I read the book at top speed and subsequently bought books 2 and 3, which I have read far too quickly within a week! I came across this comments section as I was browsing for a list for the rest of the DI Stone Series, so I thought I’d add my thanks to the Author and to say if anyone is looking for a new set of books to read, give them a go. I can’t wait to read the next one, which I’m about to purchase and download right away =0)
Camila Costa says:
May 1, 2025 at
Muito despretensiosa peguei o livro Gritos mo Silêncio, sem ao menos saber o que viria. Eu simplesmente li o livro em 1 mês, iniciei ele no início de abril e estou terminando ele hoje 30/04. Nem sabia que existia a história da Kim Stone e agora estou louca querendo comprar todos os livros. E pelos comentários, acho que vou pegar todos os livros já lançados.

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