Returning home to the tiny, restricted island of Bryher, investigator Ben Kitto is on extended leave from his high-pressure job in the Met murder squad. But when a crime is committed, it is down to him to protect the locals - who have known him all his life - and solve the case.

The author of "Hell Bay" is back, with the character Ben Kitto now Deputy Police Chief of the Scilly Isles investigating what initially seems to be a tragic accident but turns out after further enquiries to be fraught with the potential for murderous motivation.