Kate Rhodes

Winter storms lash the Isles of Scilly when DI Ben Kitto ferries the islands' priest to St Helen's. Father Michael intends to live as a pilgrim in the ruins of an ancient church on the uninhabited island, but an ugly secret is buried among the rocks.

‘Chillingly compelling and expertly assembled. An immersive piece of thriller writing of the sort late-night-reading binges are made of’ B. P. WALTER ‘Dark, intense, and expertly crafted. Kate Rhodes delivers exactly what I look for in a gripping thriller’ RACHEL ABBOTT She thinks...

Jude Shelley, the daughter of a prominent cabinet minister, was assaulted and left for dead in the river Thames. Her attacker was never caught....

THE ISLES OF SCILLY MYSTERIES #3 The third 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 INTRUDERS HERE ARE BOUND TO DIE . . . As the sun sets on a cold November evening...

The island of Tresco holds a dark secret. Someone will kill to protect it. Ben Kittohas 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....

In this brilliant debut, a psychologist finds herself drawn into the dark world of a serial killer - who may be closer than she thinks....

Four girls have disappeared in North London. Three are already dead. Britain's most prolific child killer, Louis Kinsella, has been locked up in Northwood high-security hospital for over a decade....

DI Ben Kitto needs a second chance. After 10 years working for the murder squad in London, a traumatic event has left him grief-stricken....

Alice Quentin returns to tackle a series of murders in the Square Mile in the thrilling sequel to Crossbones Yard....

Kitto made many enemies in his time working as an undercover officer for the Met police, none more ruthless and calculating than kingpin Craig Travis. Travis always knew he would make Kitto pay for the role he played in getting him convicted—and that day has finally arrived....

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 ISLES OF SCILLY MYSTERIES #5 'An absolute master of pace, plotting and character' ELLY GRIFFITHS A 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...

THE ISLES OF SCILLY MYSTERIES #7 ‘An absolute master of pace, plotting and character’ ELLY GRIFFITHS ON A REMOTE ISLAND When Jez Cardew’s boat is found drifting empty on the Atlantic Ocean, DI Ben Kitto and his fellow lifeboat crew members immediately fear the worst. After an extensive...

Clare Riordan and her son, Mikey, are abducted from Clapham Common early one morning. Hours later the boy is found wandering disorientated....