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

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I absolutely devoured this book in less than two days… There are some great twists which you always expect from this author, and god does she deliver… I didn’t want the book to end.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The topic of conversion therapy is the focus of the main mystery. Conversion therapy aims, by various means of emotional manipulation, behaviour modification, and shaming to change a gay individual to a straightorientation. A bill was passed in Canada early this year to make conversion therapy a crime. It was learned that Jamie and Sarah both attended a conversion clinic run by the Granger family. Kim and team members discover that participants in the therapy were forced to undergo horrendous treatment in an attempt to eliminate homosexual thoughts and behaviour. Those admitted to the conversion clinic had to sign a non-disclosure clause and were unwilling or afraid to talk about what they endured. The investigation is complicated. Kim and team need to find out why former patients are being killed before more deaths occur. Faced with deceit from those she should be able to trust, family members who won’t talk, and local reporter, Tracy Frost, opening a can of worms on the case of a woman murdered by her husband a year ago – Kim is in deep water like never before.There are two mysteries: one involving the staged suicides, the other involving a missing husband. There are some surprising twists and turns, and I was especially caught off guard by the case of the missing husband.

As such a massive fan of this series, the minute the 17th installment of the Detective Kim Stone series fell into my inbox I had a little jig, punched the air and then pressed the big red stop button on the world. I always love trying to figure things out on my own and doing my own detective work. I did not solve the case and in fact was left with my mouth hanging open more than once!In Kim's absence the team has been led by DI Burns. Led only in the official sense. Morale is low. They are only taking cases where there could be publicity and headlines that could advance the career of Burns. He doesn't recognize or utilize the talent he has on the team. He has DC Stacey Wood making coffee and wiping the white board. When Kim walks into the office the first thing she hears is Burns telling Stacey to remove Jamie Mills from the white board. Jamie was a nineteen-year-old apparent suicide. Burns is too busy waiting for the next big case to waste his time on it. Stacey believes the case deserves attention. And Kim thinks so too.