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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. Digging frantically in the sand, Ben's dog, Shadow, unearths the emaciated remains of a young woman. Soon Scilly is cut off by bad weather, with no help available from the mainland. Ben must look beyond the islands to find a vicious killer.

Elly is an expert in stalking – an academic at Cambridge University, and a talking head for TV and online, she knows the subject intimately – what motivates a stalker, what drives them, how to rehabilitate them. But when she starts to receive notes saying just ‘Me or you’ and realises she is being followed, she has become the victim herself. The professional becomes the personal but Elly does not realise quite how personal it is. When she is put in hospital by a stranger pushing her in a crowd, and realises she is in danger, she goes into hiding.

Kate Rhodes is a self-professed crime novel enthusiast who loves nothing better than a free afternoon accompanied by a rousing novel from the classical and contemporary crime genres. Her own crime novels feature a forensic psychologist called Alice Quentin who finds herself caught up in a succession of gruesome murders. The latest in the Alice Quentin series is A Killing of Angels.

In den Straßen Londons treibt ein brutaler Killer sein Unwesen. Er tötet junge Frauen. Sein Markenzeichen: Er ritzt blutige Kreuze in die Haut seiner Beute. Sie könnte sein nächstes Opfer sein: Alice Quentin, Psychologin im Dienste der Polizei. Die Jägerin wird zur Gejagten. Erst gerät ihr Bruder unter Verdacht, dann verschwindet ihre Freundin. Und bald beherrscht Alice nur noch ein Gedanke: Er wird mich nicht bekommen.