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Pulpit Rock

The Isles of Scilly Mysteries: 4

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Pulpit Rock

By: Kate Rhodes
Narrated by: Stephen Perring
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 THE ISLES OF SCILLY MYSTERIES #4

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

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

AN ISLAND ON LOCKDOWN. A KILLER ON THE LOOSE . . .

As the scorching summer sun covers the small Scilly island of St Mary’s, DI Ben Kitto and his team are training for the annual Swimathon. But their morning session comes to a climactic end when they discover a body hanging from Pulpit Rock. The victim has been dressed up in a bridal gown, and Ben quickly realises that a dark and sinister killer is at large on the island.

To prevent the killer from escaping, Ben has no choice but to lock down St Mary’s, yet in doing so he is unwillingly trapping the killer’s next victim. When another woman is attacked, Ben gathers the island’s at-risk residents inside the local hotel for safety, but the killer is already watching and remains one step ahead . . .

Everyone is a suspect. No one is safe.

PRAISE FOR KATE RHODES:

‘Gripping, clever and impossible to put down. 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' 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 Classics Cosy Crime Fiction Horror Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction
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Listening to and loosing myself in a good book never fails to satisfy and good overcoming evil is what all the best stories are about

A good story

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I really enjoy this series, I do hope there is another. I feel like it’s a familiar place and I can see it in my minds eye. Recommend

Kate Rhodes 👌🏼

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This is the first book I’ve read by this author, i really enjoyed it. Will definitely read more in this series.

Really enjoyed this.

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Stephen Perring was superb as the narrator, but this fourth book in the series was nowhere near as good as the first three. The proposition was a good one but the stupidity of action and lack of proper thought displayed by Ben Kitto in this book was disappointing. With the vast array of those with a supposed motive there was a lot of jumping to - incorrect - conclusions without any evidence, which was obvious and irritating. I got the feeling that he was an amateur sleuth rather than a professional policeman - a poor relation to his character in previous books. It made the book feel lightweight rather than a good detective novel. Hopefully any further books in the series will return Ben to his previous stature.

Not a patch on the first three Kitto novels

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Great narrator who brought this story to life and makes me yearn to visit the scilly isles

this kept me guessing right to the end again

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