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Title: Wicked Women

Author: Angela Marsons

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Bookouture

Publication Date: 14th April 2026

Rating: 5 Stars

The woman is lying on her back, eyes closed, face still. The blood from the single stab wound in her chest has pooled on the ground, interrupted only where her killer stood to watch her die…

Detective Kim Stone knows from the moment she looks down on Ashley Reynolds that this is no ordinary crime. No one has a bad word to say about this loving wife and mother. So why did someone murder her, and wait to make sure she was dead?

Ashley was a social worker, and some claimed she tore families apart. But her husband is also acting strangely, planning to take their daughter and leave town. Did the threat to her come from home or work?

Then another woman is killed in the same cold, calm way. Nadine was a honey trapper, and the men she tricked blamed her for destroying their marriages. Someone clearly believes Ashley and Nadine were wicked… and that wicked women deserve to die.

But when a third woman is murdered, Kim and the team can’t find anything that even the sickest mind would find fault with. Certain that time is running out, they search desperately for something that links their victims.

And then Kim realises something that chills her to the bone. Because if she’s right, the worst danger is yet to come…

A brilliantly gripping crime thriller about secrets and revenge that will have you gasping at the final reveal. Fans of Karin Slaughter, Val McDermid and Robert Dugoni will love Wicked Women.

Angela Marsons has done it again. Another phenomenal book in this amazing series, that keeps you guessing right until the end. 

And if you have read any books in the Detective Kim Stone series that sentence alone should be more than enough of a review,  as this is more than up to the normal level of the series, and I could barely put the book down.  In fact I was rather happy that there was suddenly a nice day of decent weather and I spent an afternoon in the garden, devouring this book without another care or thought in the world. 

And if you haven't read anything from this author before, where have you been for the previous 23 books?! This is a truly excellent series and you have totally been missing out. 

Do I really need to say much more to convince anyone?!

... fine then... 

What a brilliant plot this has, I am totally loving Kim's gut instinct more and more with each book, as well as the fact she cares so little about things like obeying her superiors, in favour of doing what she believes is right. 

And the little girl Ava, whose mum was the first murder victim, totally got under my skin, and into my heart. And into the hearts of the whole team, who are not only trying to find out who killer her mother and why, but also trying to ensure Ava isn't put into the care of people that shouldn't really even have the children they do have. 

There is also a side case that Kim is involved in, that has deeply curious as to just what is the root of a very longstanding family feud, when even Bryant thinks she should stay clear. 

I really enjoyed seeing another side of Stacey and Devon in this book too, as they go above and beyond.  And Penn continues to grow on me too, and some of his intuition is brilliant as well. 

This is such a close knit team, and I always enjoying seeing how their minds work, as they attempt to solve a case. 

I shall finish with my bi-annual plea to Angela Marsons to write faster, I don't want to wait for the next book!  I love the series that much! 

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