Book description
THE ISLES OF SCILLY MYSTERIES # 1
'Gripping, clever and impossible to put down' ERIN KELLY
DI Ben Kitto 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…
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1 author picked Hell Bay as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
In this excellently researched DI Ben Kitto series the author does not shy away from the fact that bad things happen in beautiful places.
I particularly love this first book because it sympathetically captures the essence of living in a small, remote island community, where drugs, violence, and alcohol are not far beneath the surface and the economic hardships these places endure are a daily concern.
The islands in this book are a far cry from the summer Isles of Scilly that many of us know and love and it is a realistic reminder that life anywhere is not always…
From Jane's list on UK mysteries that make you think outside the plot.
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