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Die Bücher um Kim Stone sind - wie immer - ein Genuss: spannend, mitreissend, fesselnd und glaubwürdig.
Ich freue mich schon auf weitere Bände.

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It is difficult to believe that this is the twenty first book in this series featuring Detective Kim Stone. This is one of my favourite series and this book certainly did not disappoint. Kim has a most difficult case to solve and she finds herself teaming up with her nemesis, journalist Tracy Frost. Tracy has received a message from someone calling himself The Jester who informs her that they have thirty six hours to solve his clues or someone will be killed. Kim rallies her team to try and solve the clues. The first one is a box hidden in the woods which contains a tape and a second clue. When she plays the tape Kim hears a terrifying scream, Kim and her team realise that they have a most taxing and demanding case on their hands with a race against time. Can they outwit The Jester? I was totally hooked from the first page and could not put it down. I eagerly await the next book in the series.
Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

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Thank you, thank you and thank you again for keeping me up all night reading!
This is one of my favourite series and it just keeps getting better and better and this one was absolutely brilliant. Kim Stone is just the best female detective going.
Started well, got even better and the ending - well I'm not telling you will have to read.
If you haven't started the Kim Stone series you really need too - you won't be able to put them down as they are all terribly addictive.
More please Angela - your books are brilliant.

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Angela Marsons has done it again!

Great book full of suspense and drama. The latest book in the Kim Stone series has what we all need - a whodunnit, as well as a look into the ongoing lives of the team - and this role Frost as well.

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

Talk about non-stop action and drama. Tracy is one of my favourite characters throughout this whole series so I really enjoyed her having a bigger role than just being a side irritation to Kim. I did mutter FFS more than once when the public started getting involved because unfortunately it was very true. I dread the day when Kim Stone and her squad hang up their boots.

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I love the Kim Stone books by Angela Marsons and this latest book is no exception. Kim engages in a twisted scavenger hunt in order to find the suspect at the centre of this case. Gripping and intriguing but with a humour that I love, brilliant!

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Angela Marion's can do no wrong!!

Yet another title where she has absolutely smashed it out of the park.

Read the series in order, you won't regret it. Instead you will
Make a few new friends in the unit.

Superb, as always

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Another Kim Stone smashed out of the park! I absolutely love this series, Angela is such fantastic writer and knows how to execute a storyline like no one else! The mystery and suspense seeps from the pages and this one was no different! Brilliant book to do to the collection, I can’t wait to see what happens next!

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This book was amazing Ive read all of Angela's and was disappointed with book 20 don't know if it was the subject matter that made me feel that way but book 21 was just fantastic .I couldn't put it down cant wait for the next one.

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This installment of this series was really nail biting. I loved the connection between Kim and Tracy. The love/hate relationship they share makes Kim’s willingness to help Tracy when she received a threatening letter even more interesting. The killer tries to control both Tracy and Kim and her team and the ladies aren’t having it. I couldn’t put this one down.

Thank you Bookouture for my copies of this book.

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I love the Kim Stone series and catching up with the characters lives, it’s like catching up with family.. This book was a bit different which I enjoyed and I didn’t guess who The Jester was either. Fast paced as usual with short and snappy chapters made it hard to put down. Loved the ending and can’t wait for the next one!

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Oh my goodness! I genuinely do not know how Angie does this. Repeatedly churning out incredible book after book at such a high rate of speed!
Kim Stone remains my firm favourite kick-ass female detective.
I cannot recommend this entire series enough - in fact, I often do!

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3.5 stars - The fact that I still love these books after this long is saying a lot!! Marsons has a way of writing that keeps me turning the pages and I'm very investing in Stone and her team. That being said where my stars fluctuate typically is due to the plot and this one was't my favorite. I appreciate it was a topic that is not over saturated but wasn't as in to the "seeking" plot. But man that ending makes me eager for the next book!

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Another triumph from Angela Marsons. I loved this book and was really invested in what happened and if the team managed to solve the case in the given 36 hours.

DI Kim Stone was woken very early one morning with someone knocking on her door. It turned out to be Tracy Frost, the local reporter, who Kim clashed with frequently. Tracy had been sent a message to say that she along with the police had 36 hours to solve a crime or someone would die. Tracy tried to persuade Kim that this was something they need to work together on.

Kim gathered her team and they all agreed that this was something they needed to solve. Kim’s superiors were not convinced and didn’t want to waste resources on it but Kim was adamant and when things took a sinister turn this made her even more determined.

This was a fast paced book and a fab read. Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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The Kim Stone series is one of my favorite series. This one wasn't my favorite but still an enjoyable read. I enjoy geocaching which is another reason why I was entertained by this story. However, I didn't find the plot believable starting with the team chasing clues even there was no crime committed. As always, the writing is superb and I love all the characters. Can't wait to read more.

Thank you to NetGalley, Bookouture and Angela Marsons for an ARC of '36 Hours'.

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Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for providing me an eARC in exchange for an honest review!
Angela Marsons delivers yet another wonderfully written novel! The latest installment in the D.I. Kim Stone series is gripping, fast paced and filled with complex characters.
I absolutely love reading about these characters, their development throughout the series has been fascinating and the dynamics between the characters is easily one of my favorite things about these books.
I once again devoured the book and enjoyed every moment of it. It was super interesting to delve into the world of geo-caching and seeing how the team deals with such a high-tension case.
I can’t wait for the next installment and I highly recommend 36 Hours for all thriller and police procedural readers

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Brilliant series
21st in the Detective Kim Stone series
And another great book at that
You won’t want to put this book down
Thanks NetGalley

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I’ve read all the Kim Stone series and I love the stories - fast-paced police procedurals with the predictably flawed detective. They offer a good read and are on the whole well written. To some extent I would encourage reading them in order although it is not entirely neccessary. Look forward to the next one!

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Another fantastic, brilliant paced book from one of my favourite authors, you would think that going by how many books are in this series that Marsons would run out of steam but she just keeps getting better in my opinion, every time I pick up a new book it's like revisting old friends, that is how much I love these books. As always five great big stars from me!

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36 HOURS is the 21st book in the D.I. Kim Stone crime-thriller series by best-selling author Angela Marsons. This novel can be read as a standalone. Angela Marsons remains one of my favorite mystery authors, and her publisher, Bookouture, always publishes the very best novels. I have read all of her books…and she keeps getting better. I don’t want this series to end!

It was so refreshing to touch base with Kim’s CID team again: DS Bryant, DS Penn, and DC Stacey Wood. Her team are driven and compassionate in their work. The story centers around Detective Kim Stone and her rival reporter Tracy Frost. The characters keep getting stronger and stronger. We also touch base with Kim’s boss, DCI Woodward (Woody), Keats, the local pathologist, and who could forget Kim’s faithful dog, Barney. Love that dog!

On a Sunday morning Tracy Frost, a local reporter, had received a cryptic message from someone who referred to himself as “The Jester”, about wanting to play a game, showed up on her email. The note gave clear instructions to follow over a period of 36 hours and if they were followed, no one would get hurt… but if she failed, people would die. Tracy was told to contact the police, so she contacted Detective Kim Stone.

Was this a hoax?

Kim feels this is not a hoax and bought together her team to wait for the first clue…a home phone number, an email address and a clue. A short time later they solve the first cryptic clue with the discovery of a box hidden in the woods with a second clue and tape.

This was no hoax! Bloody fingernails and bloody teeth had been left at the scenes.

Kim must find where the Jester is hiding his victim.

But then on the second day a surgeon goes missing, and if they don’t save her an eight-year-old girl will die.

Time is ticking away and Kim must find the culprit.

36 Hours is race against time with twists and high suspense level that will keep you glued to your seat.

Many thanks to the author, Bookouture and Net Galley for my digital copy.

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