The Taken

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