Hidden Scars

The boy’s dark hair shone in the bright lights. His lips seemed about to speak. But his body was cold and his blue eyes would never open again.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 Stone’s instincts tell her something isn’t right. Why, when his mother is told, does she not break down in tears? And how could Jamie have climbed the tree with a recent injury?Kim should be easing back into work gently after a harrowing case left her body and mind broken, but quickly taking charge of her team, Kim is shocked to learn that Jamie’s parents had sent him to a clinic to ‘cure’ him of his sexuality.

Angela Marsons is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of the DI Kim Stone series and her books have sold more than 4.5 million copies. Many of them, including Blood Lines, Dead Souls, Broken Bones, Fatal Promise and Dead Memories, reached the #1 spot on Amazon on pre-orders alone. Her books have been translated into more than 27 languages and the translation of Dead Souls recently won the prestigious Primo Bancarella award. She lives in Worcestershire with her partner and their 2 cheeky Golden Retrievers.