Angela Marsons Books in Order

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.

Latest Angela Marsons Books

Wicked Women
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

  1. First Blood, 2019
  2. Silent Scream, 2015
  3. Evil Games, 2015
  4. Lost Girls, 2015
  5. Play Dead, 2016
  6. Blood Lines, 2016
  7. Dead Souls, 2017
  8. Broken Bones, 2017
  9. Dying Truth, 2018
  10. Fatal Promise, 2018
  11. Dead Memories, 2019
  12. Child’s Play, 2019
  13. Killing Mind, 2020
  14. Deadly Cry, 2020
  15. Twisted Lies, 2021
  16. Stolen Ones, 2021
  17. Six Graves, 2022
  18. Hidden Scars, 2022
  19. Deadly Fate, 2023
  20. Bad Blood, 2023
  21. Guilty Mothers, 2024
  22. 36 Hours, 2024
  23. Little Children, 2025
  24. Wicked Women, 2026

Standalone Novels

Anthologies

Angela Marsons Biography

Angela Marsons

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

  1. I’m a massive crime thriller reader. Mo Hayder was my favorite author, and no one has come near until I discovered Angela Marsons. Im reading them in order and have just finished Lost Girls. When a book touches you emotionally, you know it’s good. I was on the verge of crying reading that book, especially as it involves children. Love the Kim Stone character. Well done and thank you for the brilliant reads.

  2. I love these series and have fallen in love with all the main characters because I feel, from the writing, I know them personally. I can never guess who the killer is. Thank you for the great books and I patiently wait for more.

  3. Love all of your books Angela ,I’m on book 17 at the moment I lived in Brierley Hill all my life so know the area very well and surrounding areas, would love to meet you at a book signing at Waterstones Merry hill perhaps?.please carry on writing these books on Kim Stone all the best xx

  4. I have read every one of the Kim Stone series and can’t wait to read book 18. I love Angela’s books and am about to read If Only. Thank you Angela.

  5. After being told about kim stone I bought book one 2 days later I had ordered all 16 books I am now about to start book 16 after again not being disappointed on book 15 please please keep writing about kim a d her colleagues and all her adversaries and thank you fir making me love reading again

  6. I came upon this books and have not stopped reading one after another. I listen to them on audible and have them on at work and in the car, while I am cleaning etc. I hope they keep going even after book 16!!! I love Stac!!!

  7. I love these books. I know there will be no sleep the day I start-up and finish the newest book. I haven’t been so invested in an author since Agasta Christe!! Please keep them coming!

  9. I have just read Silent Scream, this is the third book I have read by Angela Marsons. I will continue to read theses books, but I’ve noticed some spelling errors in Silent Scream. Twice the word ‘prostate’ has been used instead of ‘prostrate’. Are manuscripts not proof read before publication?

    1. In the edition of Evil Games that I’m reading, Chapter 34 ends with a description of leaving Jenks place, firing up the engine and speeding to Brierley Hill in record time. Then chapter 35 begins with a description of firing up the engine and leaving the station car park, speeding to the place in record time. Is that in other people’s copies?
      It’s quite an astonishing gaffe to have made it through proofread/editorial etc. I’d noted the odd spelling error or missing word here and there (which you see in many books) but I don’t think I’ve ever seen something like that.
      I’ll persevere though, the story has intrigued me enough to finish. Shame though.

  10. Being born and bred in the Black Country I love reading this series. I can place most locations. Reading Lost Girls while sitting in Haden Hill Leisure centre during my daughter’s swimming lesson sent shivers down my spine.
    Can’t put the books down once I start one.

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