Angela Marsons

British crime fiction author

Angela Marsons is a British author of crime fiction, from the Black Country 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.^[1]^[2]

Writing career

Angela Marsons is from Brierley Hill in the West Midlands and is a former security guard at the Merry Hill Shopping Centre. Having been rejected by numerous publishers over 25 years, she released three books in her crime series in 2015 under digital publisher Bookouture. 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.^[3] Marsons is signed to Bookouture for a total of 16 books in the Kim Stone series.^[4] 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, ISBN 978-1785770524
Evil Games - 29 May 2015, ISBN 978-1785762147
Lost Girls - 6 November 2015, ISBN 978-1785762178
Play Dead - 20 May 2016, ISBN 978-0751571332
Blood Lines - 4 November 2016, ISBN 978-0751571349
Dead Souls - 28 April 2017, ISBN 978-0751571356
Broken Bones - 3 November 2017, ISBN 978-0751574890
Dying Truth - 18 May 2018, ISBN 978-1786814753
Fatal Promise - 19 October 2018, ISBN 978-1786816931
Dead Memories - 22 February 2019, ISBN 978-1786817723
Child's Play - 11 July 2019, ISBN 978-1786815699
First Blood - 14 November 2019, ISBN 978-0751579826
Killing Mind - 13 May 2020, ISBN 978-1838887315
Deadly Cry - 13 November 2020, ISBN 978-1838887339
Twisted Lies - 10 May 2021, ISBN 1838887342
Stolen Ones - 11 November 2021, ISBN 9781838887360
Six Graves - 2 May 2022, ISBN 1838887385
Hidden Scars - 9 November 2022, ISBN 1803147717
Deadly Fate - 25 May 2023, ISBN 1837903980
Bad Blood - 15 November 2023, ISBN 9781837906741

Other works

Dear Mother - 1 February 2014, ISBN 978-1786810427
The Forgotten Woman - 12 October 2016, ISBN 978-1786810441

References

^ "Remarkable rags-to-riches tale for Black Country author who never thought she'd write again, as she sells three million copies of the Kim Stone detective series. - Bookouture". www.bookouture.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-26. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
^ "Angela Marsons". www.hachette.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
^ "25 years of rejection then 1,000,000 sales: Surprise success for Black Country author". Express & Star. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
^ "Angela Marsons". amazon.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.