Play Dead: Dangerously Disturbing
Kim Stone. Middle name:
Badass.
She’s the fierce detective
with a no-nonsense approach to solving crimes. She comes across as cold and
calculating and emotionally closed-off, but reveals bits and pieces about
herself and her real state of mind. This makes her a fascinating character full
of contradiction and ambiguity.
Then, of course, there’s her
team – a cast of characters with quirky personalities but work together with
clockwork efficiency. A love interest that may or may not have a future cuts through
the grittiness and gruesomeness of the crimes committed by a dangerously unstable
serial killer.
Play Dead by Angela Marsons is a tightly written
story with impressive forensic details that make you feel you’re really in the middle
of a crime scene investigation and actually understand what’s going on. The
dialogues and the banters are as natural as they come. It’s an exciting read that gets the blood
pumping.
It’s a shame that it took four
books before I was introduced to Inspector Kim Stone and her team. I was
late to the party, but I sure am staying up late to binge read the heck out of
this series!
*Review copy provided by publisher Bookouture through NetGalley.
