Hidden Scars: A completely gripping crime thriller with a nail-biting twist: 17 (Detective Kim Stone)

While Jamies cold lifeless body lay in the morgue Detective Kim Stone stared at the empty board in the incident room and felt her anger boil. Why were there no photos details or lines of enquiry?When a nineteen-year-old boy Jamie Mills is found hanging from a tree in a local park his death is ruled a suicide. Detective Kim Stones instincts tell her something isnt right - but its not her investigation and her temporary replacement is too busy waiting for the next big case to be asking the right questions.Why would a seemingly healthy boy choose to end his life?Why does his mother show no sign of emotional distress at the loss of her son?Still mending her broken mind and body from her last harrowing case Kim is supposed to be easing back into work gently. But then she finds a crucial overlooked detail: Jamie had a recent injury that would have made it impossible for him to climb the tree. He must have been murdered.Quickly taking back charge of her team and the case Kim visits Jamies parents and is shocked to hear that they had sent him to a clinic to cure him of his sexuality. According to his mother Jamie was introverted and prone to mood swings. Yet his friend speaks of a vibrant outgoing boy.The clues to smashing open this disturbing case lie behind the old Victorian walls of the clinic run by the Gardner family. They claim that patients come of their own accord and are free to leave at any time. But why are those that attended the clinic so afraid to speak of what happens there? And where did the faded restraint marks identified on Jamies wrists come from?Then the body of a young woman is found dead by suffocation and Kim makes two chilling discoveries. The victim spent time at the clinic too and her death was also staged to look like a suicide.Scarred from an ordeal that nearly took her life is Kim strong enough to stop a terrifying killer from silencing the clinics previous patients one by one?A compulsive page-turner that will have your heart hammering in your chest and leave you absolutely reeling when you discover the explosive final twist. If youre a fan of Karin Slaughter Val McDermid and Robert Dugoni youll love Hidden Scars.Can be read as a standalone.Read what everyone is saying about Hidden Scars: WHY DO I DO IT TO MYSELF EVERY TIME Why cant I just be a sensible reader and savour every sentence why do I have to halt the universe sit in a quiet room mute the kids and hubby and devour it in one sitting Bookreviewercakemaker ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Oh my gosh every time Marsons puts out a new Kim Stone book I think theres no way it can be as good as her last and every time its BETTER! Im freaking obsessed...firepitandbooks ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐