Wicked Women
DI Kim Stone Book 23
Angela Marsons
370 pages
Bookouture
published April 14, 2026
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About the book
The woman is lying on her back, eyes closed, face still. The blood from the single stab wound in her chest has pooled on the ground, interrupted only where her killer stood to watch her die…
Detective Kim Stone knows from the moment she looks down on Ashley Reynolds that this is no ordinary crime. No one has a bad word to say about this loving wife and mother. So why did someone murder her, and wait to make sure she was dead?
Ashley was a social worker, and some claimed she tore families apart. But her husband is also acting strangely, planning to take their daughter and leave town. Did the threat to her come from home or work?
Then another woman is killed in the same cold, calm way. Nadine was a honey trapper, and the men she tricked blamed her for destroying their marriages. Someone clearly believes Ashley and Nadine were wicked… and that wicked women deserve to die.
But when a third woman is murdered, Kim and the team can’t find anything that even the sickest mind would find fault with. Certain that time is running out, they search desperately for something that links their victims.
And then Kim realises something that chills her to the bone. Because if she’s right, the worst danger is yet to come…
A brilliantly gripping crime thriller about secrets and revenge that will have you gasping at the final reveal. Fans of Karin Slaughter, Val McDermid and Robert Dugoni will love Wicked Women.
Can be read as a standalone.
My Review
This is one of my favorite crime series. I love the characters and love how the case unfolds.
While the team is always integral in solving the case, this installment really centers around Kim. She’s getting a little more, I don’t want to say unhinged, but rebuking authority on the feeling of her gut. I am interested to see how setting this up will play out in the future. But also as a part of that, I was touched at the length she went to protect a little girl with special needs. And how that ended up influencing her team.
For it being the 23rd book in the series, the cases are fresh and I wasn’t able to easily guess the ending. There is a dark undertone and there is no shortage of suspects. As usual there are a few twists along the way and I continue to be invested in the team. Their banter breaks up some of the darker moments and I genuinely like seeing how their lives progress and their characters grow.
If you haven’t read one of these books and love crime novels, now is the time to grab one and see why everyone that reads them, raves about them.
About the author
Angela Marsons is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of the D.I. Kim Stone series. Her books have sold more than six million copies, and have been translated into over thirty languages.
She lives in Worcestershire with her wife, two cheeky Golden Retrievers, and a Bernedoodle.
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