Burnt Island: A Locked-Island Mystery: 3

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THE ISLES OF SCILLY MYSTERIES #3

The third instalment in agripping and atmospheric crime series set on a small island where there is no escape . . .

Gripping, clever and impossible to put down' ERIN KELLY

INTRUDERS HERE ARE BOUND TO DIE . . .

As the sun sets on St Agnes on bonfire night, a mans charred body is found on Burnt Island, surrounded by threats in the old Cornish language.

Deputy Chief of Police Ben Kitto has no choice but to ban all travel between the islands, forcing the community of just eighty islanders to remain within reach, while he hunts for the killer. Ben quickly suspects the motive is to rid the island of newcomers who threaten tradition, and when a second fire results in the disappearance of another islander, he only has forty-eight hours before another life is lost . . .

PRAISE FOR KATE RHODES:

Gripping, clever and impossible to put down. Ive been a Kate Rhodes fan for years and in Ben Kitto she has created a detective who is just as complex and compelling as Kates elegant plotting and stunning prose. The claustrophobia and paranoia of the island are so brilliant evoked, I could almost feel the tide encroaching as time ran out to find the killer' ERIN KELLY

Absorbing and complex, Hell Bay kept me guessing until the final pages RACHEL ABBOTT

'A vividly realised protagonist whose complex and harrowing history rivals the central crime storyline' SOPHIE HANNAH

'Beautifully written and expertly plotted; this is a masterclass' GUARDIAN

'Expertly weaves a sense of place and character into a tense and intriguing story' METRO

'Rhodes does a superb job of balancing a portrayal of a tiny community oppressed by secrets with an uplifting evocation of setting' Jake Kerridge, SUNDAY EXPRESS

The whole book tingles with tension. I hope it does for the Scilly Isles what Ann Cleeves did for Shetland' MEL MCGRATH

'I love reading Kate's books in the way I love reading Sophie Hannah a poet writing crime fiction is a great thing . . . It is at once a locked-room mystery, a story of the returning hero, and an examination of fear and abuse. It has the air of a twenty-first century Agatha Christie' JULIA CROUCH

Author Bio

Kate Rhodes is an acclaimed crime novelist and an award-winning poet. She lives in Cambridge with her husband, the writer and film-maker, Dave Pescod. She visited the Scilly Isles every year as a child which gave her the idea for this new series. She is one of the founders of the Killer Women writing group.