The Taken : DI Erica Martin Book 2

A tense and powerful police procedural set in the city of Durham where a murdered preacher may be more monstrous than his own killer.

There''s the lost.
There''s the missing.
And there''s the taken.

She asked me once if we had any secrets, and I shook my head.
''No secrets between us,'' she said.
''No,'' I answered. ''Never ever.''

In a Durham hotel at dawn, celebrated preacher Tristan Snow is murdered as he prays. None of the other guests - not even his daughter, his wife, or her sister - saw or heard anything.

But then again, they all had a motive for murder.

Detective Inspector Erica Martin is confronted by secrets and lies, lost in a case where nothing is what it seems.

With no answers, DI Martin is consumed by questions: Is anyone in this family innocent? When the victim might have been a monster - is there such a thing as justice? And does anyone deserve to die?

Praise for Alice Clark-Platts:

''Had me on the edge of my sun lounger. Excellent plotting and a genuinely unguessable resolution to the mystery''
Sophie Hannah

''Grabbed me from the first page and wouldn''t let go. A compelling read, beautifully written ... A tense, captivating tale, brilliantly told''
Rachel Abbott

''A gripping, highly charged thriller''
Ralph Fiennes

''A brilliantly plotted and utterly gripping thriller''
Emma Kavanagh

''Superb ... A very assured page-turning storm I read in one sitting''
Stav Sherez

''Intriguing and sinister with masterful plotting and tension''
Mel Sherratt