Gripping clever & impossible to put down I've been a Kate Rhodes fan for years & in Ben Kitto she has created a detective who is just as complex & compelling as Kate's elegant plotting & stunning prose The claustrophobia & paranoia of the island are so brilliant evoked I could almost feel the tide encroaching as time ran out to find the killer' Erin Kellyauthor of He Said She Said Characters come alive on the page & each scene is as vividly created as the next Absorbing & complex Hell Bay kept me guessing until the final pages' Rachel Abbott author of The Sixth Window Trapped in a storm with no way out DI Ben Kitto needs a second chance After ten years working for the murder squad in London a traumatic event has left him grief-stricken He's tried to resign from his job but his boss has persuaded him to take three months to reconsider Ben plans to work in his uncle Ray's boatyard on the tiny Scilly island of Bryher where he was born hoping to mend his shattered nerves His plans go awry when the body of sixteen year old Laura Trescothick is found on the beach at Hell Bay Her attacker must still be on the island because no ferries have sailed during a two-day storm Everyone on the island is under suspicion Dark secrets are about to resurface & the murderer could strike again at any time Praise for Kate Rhodes A vividly realised protagonist whose complex & harrowing history rivals the central crime storyline' Sophie Hannah Daily Express A pacy psychological thriller' Laura Wilson Guardian Both the plot & the writing keep one thoroughly engaged throughout' Daily Mail One of the most absorbing books I've read in a long time
- perfectly thrilling' Mel Sherratt An enjoyably scary chiller' Sunday Mirror The pace never slackens from the first page to the last' Rachel Abbott author of Only the Innocent Fast paced & harrowing this gripping novel will leave you guessing until the end' Bella Great twists turns & surprises' Sun