DI Kim Stone · Book 5
Blood Lines
- Published
- 1 January 2016
- Pages
- 388
- ISBN-13
- 9781786810991
- Type
- novel

About this book
"Blood Lines," the fifth DI Kim Stone novel, runs 388 pages and appeared in 2016, continuing Angela Marsons's series-long thread of Kim's unresolved trauma from her childhood in the care system shaping her judgment on the job.
Its place in DI Kim Stone
Blood Lines is book 5 in the DI Kim Stone series. It follows Play Dead. It is followed by Dead Souls. See the full DI Kim Stone reading order.
DI Kim Stone runs a Black Country major crimes team out of the fictional West Midlands town of Halesowen, and Angela Marsons builds the series around her: a driven, closed-off detective shaped by a horrific childhood in the care system and a twin brother's death she has never processed. Kim solves each case through sheer refusal to let go, clashing constantly with cautious superiors and protecting her small, loyal team -- particularly DS Bryant, her patient longtime partner -- while her own trauma resurfaces in…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781786810991