Lost Girls: A fast paced, gripping thriller novel (Detective Kim Stone Crime Thriller Series Book 3)

Name: Lost Girls: A fast paced, gripping thriller novel (Detective Kim Stone Crime Thriller Series Book 3)
Price: 4.99 USD
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Rating: 4.5 (28377 reviews)
Author: Angela Marsons

by Angela Marsons

Mystery Thriller Thriller

4.5 (28,377)

4.5 stars from 28,377 reviews. One of the highest rated Mystery Thriller books we track.

515 pages~8.6 hr readPublished by Bookouture

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Last checked: Apr 5, 2026

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Perfect for you if...

You devour crime thrillers with high stakes and ticking clocks, especially ones where the detective's personal demons matter as much as the case.
You're drawn to procedural crime fiction with solid detective work, the kind where the investigation unfolds methodically alongside the tension.
You appreciate series crime fiction where you can follow a character across multiple books and watch them evolve under pressure.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer your thrillers to focus on the detective's internal life over the crime itself. Kim Stone is competent and driven, but this book prioritises the case.
You're sensitive to child abduction storylines or don't want to read about the deliberate pitting of families against each other in life-or-death scenarios.
You're looking for psychological twists or unreliable narrators. This is a straightforward procedural with clear stakes, not a puzzle box with a surprise ending.

About this book

Two nine-year-old best friends, Charlie and Amy, disappear, and their families receive a text message revealing they have been kidnapped. A second message forces the families into a deadly competition: whichever couple offers the highest ransom will see their daughter returned alive. The other child will die. D.I. Kim Stone and her squad race against time to find the girls. As they investigate, they discover a trail of bodies and realize they may be facing the deadliest killers Stone has encountered. The investigation requires untangling dark secrets from the families' past, but Stone must stay alive long enough to solve the case before time runs out. This is the third book in the Detective Kim Stone Crime Thriller Series. The first book in the series is Silent Scream.

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Price has dropped 2 times over the last 5 years. Goes on sale roughly every 380 days.

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Currently around #93K in the Kindle store — a steady mid-list seller.

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Currently 4.5★ from 28,377 reviews

Gaining approximately 35 new reviews per month. Steady word of mouth growth. Rating has remained stable at 4.5 over the tracking period.

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