DI Kim Stone · Book 4

Play Dead

Published
1 January 2016
Pages
400
ISBN-13
9781786810083
Type
novel
Cover of Play Dead

About this book

The fourth DI Kim Stone novel, "Play Dead" (2016, 400 pages) continues Angela Marsons's Black Country procedural series, following Kim and her small, loyal team through another high-stakes, issue-driven case.

Key facts about Play Dead

Play Dead is a novel by Angela Marsons. Readers have had it since 2016. It runs to 400 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of Play Dead. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781786810083 to find the main one.

Play Dead is book 4 of 23 in the DI Kim Stone series. The series has 23 published books. However, the series starts with Silent Scream (2015). Wicked Women is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 14 April 2026.

That series sits on our police procedural shelf. Meanwhile, Wicked Women is the latest published Angela Marsons book on file, from 14 April 2026.

About Angela Marsons

Angela Marsons is a British crime writer best known for the DI Kim Stone series, set in the Black Country region of the West Midlands and following a driven, damaged detective investigating cases that frequently intersect with her own troubled past. See every Angela Marsons book in order.

Its place in DI Kim Stone

Play Dead is book 4 in the DI Kim Stone series. It follows Lost Girls. It is followed by Blood Lines. 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…

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