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    Ruin Beach: The Isles of Scilly Mysteries: 2
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    Ruin Beach: The Isles of Scilly Mysteries: 2

    By Kate Rhodes

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    THE ISLES OF SCILLY MYSTERIES # 2

    ‘Gripping, clever and impossible to put down' ERIN KELLY

    THE ISLAND OF TRESCO HOLDS A DARK SECRET SOMEONE WILL KILL TO PROTECT.

    Ben Kitto has become the Scilly Isles’ Deputy Chief of Police. As the island’s lazy summer takes hold, he finds himself missing the excitement of the murder squad in London. But when the body of professional diver Jude Trellon is discovered, anchored to the rocks of a nearby cave, his investigative skills are once again needed.

    At first it appears that the young woman’s death was a tragic accident, but when evidence is found that suggests otherwise, the islanders close ranks. With even those closest to the victim refusing to talk, it seems that plenty of people might have had reason to harm her. As the islanders remain guarded, Ben Kitto suspects a killer is on the loose in Tresco.

    Everyone is a suspect.
    Nobody is safe.

    PRAISE FOR KATE RHODES:
     
    'Kate Rhodes directs her cast of suspects with consummate skill, keeping us guessing right to the heartbreaking end. I'm a fan' Louise Candlish
    'Evocative, immersive, twisty' Sarah Vaughan
    ‘A vividly realised protagonist whose complex and harrowing history rivals the central crime storyline’ Sophie Hannah, Daily Express
    ‘A pacy psychological thriller’ Laura Wilson, Guardian
    'Kate writes so beautifully and with such an authentic sense of place. The whole book tingles with tension. I hope it does for the Scilly Isles what Ann Cleeves did for Shetland' Melanie McGrath
    ‘Both the plot and 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
    ‘Gripping, clever and impossible to put down’ Erin Kelly
    ‘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
    ‘Expertly weaves a sense of place and character into a tense and intriguing story’ Metro
    ‘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 and harrowing, this gripping novel will leave you guessing until the end’ Bella
    ‘Great twists, turns and surprises’ Sun
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster UK
    Release dateJun 14, 2018
    ISBN9781471165450
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    Ruin Beach: The Isles of Scilly Mysteries: 2
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    Kate Rhodes

    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, and visited the Scilly Isles every year as a child, which gave her the idea for this series. She is one of the founders of the Killer Women writing group.

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    • 5/5
      Ben Kitto's boss tries to keep him on a tight rein, constantly harping at him to tidy himself up, to look more professional. When the body of Jude Trellon is discovered the timeline becomes tight. No-one is to leave the island until the murderer is found. But that is almost impossible to enforce. There are several suspects, mostly locals, and Ben comes to believe that Jude had found something that the murderer wants. The murderer is leaving crazy clues, scraps of verse from sea shanties, and then a young lad who dived with Jude disappears.This was very readable, plenty of red herrings, and the identity of the murderer is a puzzle for most of the book.I'll be looking for another from this author.