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Angela Marsons

アンジェラ・マーソンズ

Anjera Māsons

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1968-01-01 （Brierley Hill (West Midlands, Black Country), England）
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
Brierley Hill (Black Country)

Career

Occupations
Author, Former security guard
Active Years
2014-

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Silent Scream

2015 Crime fiction

The first in the Detective Kim Stone series. Set in the Black Country, the novel follows Detective Kim Stone as she investigates a brutal crime.

crimerevengejustice
Translations
  • Translated into multiple languages

Evil Games

2015 Crime fiction

The second Kim Stone novel, featuring tense plotting and portrayals of the local community as Kim Stone pursues a series of crimes.

violencesecretstrauma
Translations
  • Translated into multiple languages

Lost Girls

2015 Crime fiction

The third in the series, dealing with missing girls and a suspenseful intertwining of past and present.

disappearancesearch for trutheffects of the past
Translations
  • Translated into multiple languages

Dear Mother

2014 Crime / Suspense

A standalone novel published before the Kim Stone series, exploring secrets and crime within a mother-daughter dynamic.

familysecretsviolence
Translations
  • Translated

The Forgotten Woman

2016 Crime fiction

A novel about a woman marginalized by society and the mysteries and crimes surrounding her.

social exclusionjusticeidentity
Translations
  • Translated

Bibliography

  • Dear Mother (2014)
  • Silent Scream (2015)
  • Evil Games (2015)
  • Lost Girls (2015)
  • Play Dead (2016)
  • Blood Lines (2016)
  • The Forgotten Woman (2016)
  • Dead Souls (2017)
  • Broken Bones (2017)
  • Dying Truth (2018)
  • Fatal Promise (2018)
  • Dead Memories (2019)
  • Child's Play (2019)
  • First Blood (2019)
  • Killing Mind (2020)
  • Deadly Cry (2020)
  • Twisted Lies (2021)
  • Stolen Ones (2021)
  • Six Graves (2022)
  • Hidden Scars (2022)
  • Deadly Fate (2023)
  • Bad Blood (2023)
  • 36 Hours (2024)

Translations of Works

  • Translated into 28 languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
taut, fast-paced proseshort-chapter structuregritty, atmospheric descriptions
Recurring Motifs
Black Country settingfemale detective (Kim Stone)past trauma and secrets

Legacy

A British crime fiction author who achieved major success through digital publishing. The Kim Stone series has been commercially successful and translated into many languages.

Quotes

  • "I never write about a set group of people or anyone particular I know, all my characters are make believe."
    Source: Wikipedia article on Angela Marsons (interview quote)

Trivia

  • Has sold more than 3.5 million copies of her novels, translated into 28 languages.
  • Experienced around 25 years of rejections from publishers before breakthrough.
  • Previously worked as a security guard at Merry Hill Shopping Centre.