# Pulpit Rock by Kate Rhodes (Paperback)

**THE ISLES OF SCILLY MYSTERIES #4**  
  
  
  
'Clever, atmospheric and compelling, it's another masterclass in plotting' **_WOMAN'S WEEKLY_**  
  
  
  
'Rhodes is a published poet and every one of her sentences sings' **_FINANCIAL TIMES_**  
  
  
  
**WITH A KILLER ON THE LOOSE**  
  
As the scorching summer sun beats down on St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, DI Ben Kitto and his team are training for the annual Swimathon, until they discover a body hanging from Pulpit Rock, dressed in a bridal gown.  
  
  
  
**ON A TINY ISLAND**  
  
An obsessive killer is hunting for female victims. Kitto has no choice but to stop anyone leaving St Mary's, but soon another woman is attacked.  
  
  
  
**EVERYONE IS A SUSPECT**  
  
The killer must be a trusted member of the community. Kitto's investigation is being watched closely, the killer always one step ahead, as the next victim is chosen . . .  
  
  
  
**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**

## Details

- **Price:** 8.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** Simon & Schuster, Limited
- **Tags:** All, thrillers

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> Updated: 2026-09-12