{"product_id":"ruin-beach","title":"Ruin Beach","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second instalment in a gripping and atmospheric crime series set on a small island where there is no escape . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eGripping, clever and impossible to put down' ERIN KELLY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE ISLAND OF TRESCO HOLDS A DARK SECRET SOMEONE WILL KILL TO PROTECT.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen Kitto is the Scilly Isles' Deputy Chief of Police, but as the island's lazy summer takes hold, he finds himself missing the excitement of the murder squad in London - until the body of a diver is discovered, anchored to the rocks of a nearby cave.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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, Ben questions whether more than one resident might have had reason to harm her . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEveryone is a suspect. No one is safe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\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' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Expertly weaves a sense of place and character into a tense and intriguing story' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMETRO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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,\u003ci\u003e SUNDAY EXPRESS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53850512818514,"sku":"9781471165467","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_ad4b31d1-9eb0-46ba-bdc4-f39a9690cfd6.jpg?v=1782539372","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/ruin-beach","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}