PSA: I am not gay, so I cannot say with 100% certainty that everything was accurate or the trauma wasn't glorified.

Conversion Therapy, what a sad and strange world we live in to know that some people actually believe that you can, as Kim said, 'un gay' someone.There is the usual banter, although it is often muted, understandably, as Kim’s fuse seems even shorter than normal – also understandably. But this is a Kim Stone story, and whether seemingly innocent or not, something has to be a miss for it to have caught Stacey’s attention. The two cases intersect each other seamlessly, to a point where you don’t really see one stop and the other begin. She’s exactly the kind of Detective to take this case personally, even when she hasn’t faced danger and her own mortality head on, but given what happened in the previous book, Six Graves, Kim is nursing new demons that add a layer of volatility to an already focused and determined mind.

It goes without saying that the plot is superb, and that Ms Marsons has found another way to depict sick and twisted people. This one sounds like there is a lot of background revealed about some of the characters which I love. Bryant is somewhat responsible for this, deciding that Kim has gotten away with far too much for far too long and gives her a lesson on the meaning and obligations of friendship.This is one of Angela Marsons’ real skills – she manages to engage the reader’s interest on both on each investigation that whilst one may take a back seat for most of the book, there is enough attention given that it always had me wondering ‘what if’? It is my absolute pleasure to wish a massive happy publication day to Angela Marsons and to take my place on day one of the blog tour for Hidden Scars, the 17th Kim Stone novel. This book highlights the dangers and utter pointlessness of gay conversion therapy and the incredible damage it can cause. The main storyline includes a great deal of information on conversion therapy, to the point where several times I felt like I was being educated.