Angela Marsons is a British author of crime fiction, from the

Black Country The Black Country is an area of the West Midlands county, England covering most of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell and Walsall. Dudley and Tipton are generally considered to be the centre. It became industrialised during its ro ...

in the West Midlands. She has sold more than three-and-a-half million copies of her novels, which have been translated into 28 languages.

Writing career

Angela Marsons is from

Brierley Hill Brierley Hill is a town and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England, 2.5 miles south of Dudley and 2 miles north of Stourbridge. Part of the Black Country and in a heavily industrialised area, it has a popu ...

in the West Midlands and is a former

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at the

Merry Hill Shopping Centre Merry Hill (formerly Westfield Merry Hill and The Merry Hill Shopping Centre) is a large shopping complex in Brierley Hill near Dudley, England. It was developed between 1985 and 1990, with several subsequent expansion and renovation projects ...

. Having been rejected by numerous publishers over 25 years, she released three books in her crime series in 2015 under digital publisher

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. Her books all have a Black Country setting, but the author says "I never write about a set group of people or anyone particular I know, all my characters are make believe." The principal character in the crime series is Detective Kim Stone. The success of the digitally-published Kim Stone books resulted in a print deal with publisher Bonnier Publishing Fiction. Marsons is signed to Bookouture for a total of 16 books in the Kim Stone series. In 2020, Marsons signed a deal with Bookoture for an extra 12 books in the Kim Stone series, bringing the total to 28.

Bibliography

Kim Stone novels

# ''Silent Scream'' - 20 February 2015, # ''Evil Games'' - 29 May 2015, # ''Lost Girls'' - 6 November 2015, # ''Play Dead'' - 20 May 2016, # ''Blood Lines'' - 4 November 2016, # ''Dead Souls'' - 28 April 2017, # ''Broken Bones'' - 3 November 2017, # ''Dying Truth'' - 18 May 2018, # ''Fatal Promise'' - 19 October 2018, # ''Dead Memories'' - 22 February 2019, # ''Child's Play'' - 11 July 2019, # ''First Blood'' - 14 November 2019, # ''Killing Mind'' - 13 May 2020, # ''Deadly Cry'' - 13 November 2020,

Other works

* ''Dear Mother'' - 1 February 2014, * ''The Forgotten Woman'' - 12 October 2016,

References

External links

Author's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marsons, Angela Living people British crime fiction writers People from Brierley Hill Year of birth missing (living people)