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Title: 36 Hours

Author: Angela Marsons

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Bookouture

Publication Date: 10th December 2024

Rating: 5 Stars

Kim clutches the note tightly as her pulse starts to race. You have 36 hours. If you follow the instructions, no one will get hurt…

When Detective Kim Stone is woken before dawn because local journalist Tracy Frost wants to show her a message, she’s not impressed. But her blood turns cold when she reads the note. She has 36 hours to follow a trail set by an anonymous challenger. If she fails, people will die.

Kim’s gut tells her this is no hoax. She summons her team, desperate to prevent what lies ahead. With minutes to spare, they solve the first cryptic clue. It leads to a box hidden deep in the woods, containing a second clue and a tape. As she listens to the recording of a heart-wrenching scream, Kim knows her enemy will go to any lengths to achieve his goals… and that she must draw on all her experience of evil men to understand what is driving him.

Refusing to blindly follow orders, Kim and the team turn the killer’s clues against him, using evidence buried deep in the tapes to find where he’s hiding his victim. But they are too late… And then, as the sun rises on the second day, someone else goes missing. This time, it’s a skilled surgeon, and if they don’t save her, an eight-year-old girl will die.

Exhausted and enraged, with her bosses watching every step she takes, Kim realises the only way to win is to break the rules. But with the clock ticking, can she find the twisted mind behind this murderous game before her time runs out?

From the no.1 bestselling author Angela Marsons, 36 Hours is a pulse-pounding race against time that will not let you stop reading for a second. Perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter, Robert Dugoni and Val McDermid.

Wow! Possibly the best book in the series to date. 

That had me hooked, befuddled, amazed, enthralled, hooked, astounded, open mouthed... and did I mention hooked?!

And it was incredibly fast paced as the title suggested. 

Gotta love what could be a prank or a wild goose chase, but that given the threat within the first communication, Tracy Frost and Kim Stone both realise they have to play the game,  as if there is the slightest possibility its serious, it could be disastrous. 

Penn and Stacey were absolutely amazing back in the office, trying to work out the various clues, in addition to trying to figure out who was behind everything.  I'm a fan of puzzles but would have had absolutely no idea where to start. 

Equally we get to learn about a set of related hobbies that sound kind of fun, until they are turned into this version of it. 

And when I say I was hooked, I mean totally absorbed and it is only thanks to my subconscious knowing where I was on my tube journey that I didn't miss my stop. I was totally oblivious to the world around me at all times while I was reading this. 

It's addictive, it's amazing, and it's impressive how in this 21st book of the series, Angela Marsons is able to make it feel fresh and brand new and exciting still, which is a skill on its own.  And there is even a character introduced that I am near certain will be recurring and prove to be a new thorn in Kim's side. 

Or in short I totally loved it! 

Thank you to Bookouture and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.