A detective taking three months off to recover from a traumatic experience works in a Scilly Isles boatyard, but soon finds his plans thrown off course when a body washes up there. With the killer still on the island, DI Ben Kitto is forced back into action Returning home to the tiny, restricted island of Bryher, investigator Ben Kitto is on extended leave from his high-pressured job in the Met murder squad. But when it comes to light that a young girl has been murdered on the island, it is down to him to protect the locals - who have known him all his life - and solve the case.
