{"product_id":"9781471165429","title":"Hell Bay: A Ben Kitto Thriller 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE ISLES OF SCILLY MYSTERIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e # 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eGripping, clever and impossible to put down' ERIN KELLY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDI Ben Kitto\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ben plans to work in his uncle'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 a sixteen-year-old girl is found on the beach at Hell Bay. Her attacker must still be on the island because no ferries have sailed during the two-day storm. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEveryone on the island is under suspicion. Dark secrets are about to resurface. And the murderer could strike again at any time . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR KATE RHODES:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eGripping, clever and impossible to put down\u003c\/b\u003e. I've been a Kate Rhodes fan for years and in Ben Kitto she has created a detective who is just as complex and compelling as Kate's 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' \u003cb\u003eERIN KELLY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Absorbing and complex, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHell Bay\u003c\/i\u003e kept me guessing\u003c\/b\u003e until the final pages' \u003cb\u003eRACHEL ABBOTT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eA vividly realised protagonist\u003c\/b\u003e whose complex and harrowing history rivals the central crime storyline' \u003cb\u003eSOPHIE HANNAH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Beautifully written and expertly plotted; this is a masterclass' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Expertly weaves a sense of place and character into a tense and intriguing story' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMETRO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Rhodes does \u003cb\u003ea superb job of balancing a portrayal of a tiny community oppressed by secrets\u003c\/b\u003e with an uplifting evocation of setting' \u003cb\u003eJake Kerridge,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e SUNDAY EXPRESS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eThe whole book tingles with tension\u003c\/b\u003e. I hope it does for the Scilly Isles what Ann Cleeves did for Shetland' \u003cb\u003eMEL MCGRATH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eI love reading Kate's books \u003c\/b\u003ein 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.\u003cb\u003e It has the air of a twenty-first century Agatha Christie\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cb\u003e JULIA CROUCH\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Rhodes, Kate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56677002019202,"sku":"9781471165429","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9781471165429.jpg?v=1779985677","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781471165429","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}