THE GRIPPINGLOCKED-ISLAND MYSTERY # 5 An absolute master of pace, plotting and characterELLY GRIFFITHSA MISSING CHILD St Martin's is shrouded in bitterly cold fog when Jade Minear and her twin brother, Ethan, are attacked in a field, late at night. Ethan manages to return home but the shocking events of Jade's disappearance have rendered him mute.A LONG-HELD GRUDGE On a small island where there are few places a child can hide, DI Ben Kitto must battle the elements to search for Jade. When his investigation reveals that the Minear family have many enemies on the island, Kitto grows increasingly worried that Jade is in danger.A KILLER HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT . . . Meanwhile, someone on the island knows exactly where the girl is. Someone with a deep-seated hatred of Jades family. To find the truth, Kitto must investigate the lives of the people he has known all of his life. Because one of them is lying and it isn't long until a body is found . . .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 killerERIN KELLY ';Absorbing and complex,Hell Baykept me guessinguntil the final pages'RACHEL ABBOTT A vividly realised protagonistwhose complex and harrowing history rivals the central crime storylineSOPHIE HANNAH Beautifully written and expertly plotted; this is a masterclassGUARDIAN Expertly weaves a sense of place and character into a tense and intriguing storyMETRO Rhodes doesa superb job of balancing a portrayal of a tiny community oppressed by secretswith an uplifting evocation of settingJake Kerridge,SUNDAY EXPRESS ';The whole book tingles with tension. I hope it does for the Scilly Isles what Ann Cleeves did for ShetlandMEL MCGRATH I love reading Kates booksin 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 ChristieJULIA CROUCH
